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sidebar_label: EventEmitter.addListener
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# EventEmitter.addListener() method

> Warning: This API is now obsolete.
>
> please use [EventEmitter.on()](./puppeteer.eventemitter.on.md) instead.

Add an event listener.

**Signature:**

```typescript
class EventEmitter {
  addListener(event: EventType, handler: Handler): EventEmitter;
}
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type                                  | Description |
| --------- | ------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| event     | [EventType](./puppeteer.eventtype.md) |             |
| handler   | [Handler](./puppeteer.handler.md)     |             |

**Returns:**

[EventEmitter](./puppeteer.eventemitter.md)