# \[New Node\] node-red-contrib-events: Alternative to link nodes

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-node-node-red-contrib-events-alternative-to-link-nodes/51028
**Category:** Share Your Nodes
**Tags:** node-red-contrib-events
**Created:** [14 September 2021 17:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-node-node-red-contrib-events-alternative-to-link-nodes/51028 "2021-09-14T17:29:18Z")
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### Author: ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [15 September 2021 08:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-node-node-red-contrib-events-alternative-to-link-nodes/51028/17 "2021-09-15T08:02:50Z")

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> [@TotallyInformation](#):
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> Nearly forgot. I _have_ used the Node-RED core event handler for this.

I'd strongly recommend against doing that. You should create your own EventEmitter object that is shared by your nodes and nothing else.

This came up in a thread recently that you contributed to, and I made the same recommendation there: [Node Developers: How To use setMaxListeners() using RED.events - #2 by knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-developers-how-to-use-setmaxlisteners-using-red-events/50154/2)

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