diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/LiveCaptureEvent.java b/data-prepper-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/LiveCaptureEvent.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline;
+
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
+import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class LiveCaptureEvent {
+    public static final int CURRENT_VERSION = 1;
+    private final int version;
+    private final String description;
+    private final Instant time;
+    private final Event event;
+
+    public LiveCaptureEvent(final String description, final Instant time, final Event event) {
+        this.version = CURRENT_VERSION;
+        this.description = description;
+        this.time = time;
+        this.event = event;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, Object> toMap() {
+        return Map.of("version", version, "description", description, "time", time, "event", event.toMap());
+    }
+
+    public String toJsonString() {
+        return "{\"version\": " + version + ", \"description\": \"" + description +"\", \"time\": \""+time+"\", \"event\":\""+StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava(event.toJsonString())+"\"}"; 
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/LiveCaptureEventTest.java b/data-prepper-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/pipeline/LiveCaptureEventTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.pipeline;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.JacksonEvent;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+public class LiveCaptureEventTest {
+    private static final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    private String key1;
+    private String key2;
+    private Integer value1;
+    private Double value2;
+    private String description;
+    private Instant now;
+    private Event event;
+    private Map<String, Object> testData;
+
+    private LiveCaptureEvent createObjectUnderTest() {
+        key1 = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5);
+        Random random = new Random();
+        value1 = random.nextInt();
+        key2 = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(6);
+        value2 = random.nextDouble();
+        testData = Map.of(key1, value1, key2, value2);
+        event = JacksonEvent.builder().withEventType("event").withData(testData).build();
+        description = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(20);
+        now = Instant.now();
+        return new LiveCaptureEvent(description, now, event);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLiveCaptureEvent() throws Exception {
+        LiveCaptureEvent liveCaptureEvent = createObjectUnderTest();
+        Map<String, Object> map = liveCaptureEvent.toMap();
+        assertThat(map.get("description"), equalTo(description));
+        assertThat(map.get("version"), equalTo(LiveCaptureEvent.CURRENT_VERSION));
+        assertThat(map.get("time"), equalTo(now));
+        assertThat(map.get("event"), equalTo(testData));
+        Map<String, Object> mapFromJson = mapper.readValue(liveCaptureEvent.toJsonString(), new TypeReference<>() {});
+        assertThat(mapFromJson.get("description"), equalTo(description));
+        assertThat(mapFromJson.get("version"), equalTo(LiveCaptureEvent.CURRENT_VERSION));
+        assertThat(Instant.parse((String)mapFromJson.get("time")), equalTo(now));
+        Map<String, Object> testDataFromJson = mapper.readValue((String)mapFromJson.get("event"), new TypeReference<>() {});
+        assertThat(testDataFromJson, equalTo(testData));
+    }
+}
+