--- title: Create an incident type description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Incidents --- # Create an incident type{% #create-an-incident-type %} Copy pageCopied {% tab title="v2" %} **Note**: This endpoint is in public beta. If you have any feedback, contact [Datadog support](https://docs.datadoghq.com/help/). | Datadog site | API endpoint | | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/types | | ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/types | | app.datadoghq.eu | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/incidents/config/types | | app.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/config/types | | us2.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/config/types | | app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/types | | us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/types | | us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/types | ### Overview Create an incident type. This endpoint requires the `incident_settings_write` permission. OAuth apps require the `incident_settings_write` authorization [scope](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/scopes.md#incidents) to access this endpoint. ### Request #### Body Data (required) Incident type payload. {% tab title="Model" %} | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ---------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | Incident type data for a create request. | | data | attributes [*required*] | object | Incident type's attributes. | | attributes | createdAt | date-time | Timestamp when the incident type was created. | | attributes | createdBy | string | A unique identifier that represents the user that created the incident type. | | attributes | description | string | Text that describes the incident type. | | attributes | is_default | boolean | If true, this incident type will be used as the default incident type if a type is not specified during the creation of incident resources. | | attributes | lastModifiedBy | string | A unique identifier that represents the user that last modified the incident type. | | attributes | modifiedAt | date-time | Timestamp when the incident type was last modified. | | attributes | name [*required*] | string | The name of the incident type. | | attributes | prefix | string | The string that will be prepended to the incident title across the Datadog app. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Incident type resource type. Allowed enum values: `incident_types` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "description": "Any incidents that harm (or have the potential to) the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our data.", "is_default": false, "name": "Security Incident" }, "type": "incident_types" } } ``` {% /tab %} ### Response {% tab title="201" %} CREATED {% tab title="Model" %} Incident type response data. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | Incident type response data. | | data | attributes | object | Incident type's attributes. | | attributes | createdAt | date-time | Timestamp when the incident type was created. | | attributes | createdBy | string | A unique identifier that represents the user that created the incident type. | | attributes | description | string | Text that describes the incident type. | | attributes | is_default | boolean | If true, this incident type will be used as the default incident type if a type is not specified during the creation of incident resources. | | attributes | lastModifiedBy | string | A unique identifier that represents the user that last modified the incident type. | | attributes | modifiedAt | date-time | Timestamp when the incident type was last modified. | | attributes | name [*required*] | string | The name of the incident type. | | attributes | prefix | string | The string that will be prepended to the incident title across the Datadog app. | | data | id [*required*] | string | The incident type's ID. | | data | relationships | object | The incident type's resource relationships. | | relationships | created_by_user | object | Relationship to user. | | created_by_user | data [*required*] | object | Relationship to user object. | | data | id [*required*] | string | A unique identifier that represents the user. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Users resource type. Allowed enum values: `users` | | relationships | google_meet_configuration | object | A reference to a Google Meet Configuration resource. | | google_meet_configuration | data [*required*] | object | The Google Meet configuration relationship data object. | | data | id [*required*] | string | The unique identifier of the Google Meet configuration. | | data | type [*required*] | string | The type of the Google Meet configuration. | | relationships | last_modified_by_user | object | Relationship to user. | | last_modified_by_user | data [*required*] | object | Relationship to user object. | | data | id [*required*] | string | A unique identifier that represents the user. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Users resource type. Allowed enum values: `users` | | relationships | microsoft_teams_configuration | object | A reference to a Microsoft Teams Configuration resource. | | microsoft_teams_configuration | data [*required*] | object | The Microsoft Teams configuration relationship data object. | | data | id [*required*] | string | The unique identifier of the Microsoft Teams configuration. | | data | type [*required*] | string | The type of the Microsoft Teams configuration. | | relationships | zoom_configuration | object | A reference to a Zoom configuration resource. | | zoom_configuration | data [*required*] | object | The Zoom configuration relationship data object. | | data | id [*required*] | string | The unique identifier of the Zoom configuration. | | data | type [*required*] | string | The type of the Zoom configuration. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Incident type resource type. Allowed enum values: `incident_types` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "createdAt": "2019-09-19T10:00:00.000Z", "createdBy": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "description": "Any incidents that harm (or have the potential to) the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our data.", "is_default": false, "lastModifiedBy": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "modifiedAt": "2019-09-19T10:00:00.000Z", "name": "Security Incident", "prefix": "IR" }, "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "relationships": { "created_by_user": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-2345-000000000000", "type": "users" } }, "google_meet_configuration": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "type": "google_meet_configurations" } }, "last_modified_by_user": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-2345-000000000000", "type": "users" } }, "microsoft_teams_configuration": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "type": "microsoft_teams_configurations" } }, "zoom_configuration": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "type": "zoom_configurations" } } }, "type": "incident_types" } } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="400" %} Bad Request {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="401" %} Unauthorized {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="403" %} Forbidden {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="404" %} Not Found {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="429" %} Too many requests {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} ### Code Example ##### \## default # \# Curl command curl -X POST "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/types" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \ -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \ -d @- << EOF { "data": { "attributes": { "createdBy": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "description": "Any incidents that harm (or have the potential to) the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our data.", "is_default": false, "lastModifiedBy": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "name": "Security Incident", "prefix": "IR" }, "type": "incident_types" } } EOF ##### ```go // Create an incident type returns "CREATED" response package main import ( "context" "encoding/json" "fmt" "os" "github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog" "github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2" ) func main() { body := datadogV2.IncidentTypeCreateRequest{ Data: datadogV2.IncidentTypeCreateData{ Attributes: datadogV2.IncidentTypeAttributes{ Description: datadog.PtrString("Any incidents that harm (or have the potential to) the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our data."), IsDefault: datadog.PtrBool(false), Name: "Security Incident", }, Type: datadogV2.INCIDENTTYPETYPE_INCIDENT_TYPES, }, } ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background()) configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration() configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.CreateIncidentType", true) apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration) api := datadogV2.NewIncidentsApi(apiClient) resp, r, err := api.CreateIncidentType(ctx, body) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `IncidentsApi.CreateIncidentType`: %v\n", err) fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r) } responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", " ") fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `IncidentsApi.CreateIncidentType`:\n%s\n", responseContent) } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" go run "main.go" ##### ```java // Create an incident type returns "CREATED" response import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient; import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.IncidentsApi; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.IncidentTypeAttributes; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.IncidentTypeCreateData; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.IncidentTypeCreateRequest; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.IncidentTypeResponse; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.IncidentTypeType; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient(); defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.createIncidentType", true); IncidentsApi apiInstance = new IncidentsApi(defaultClient); IncidentTypeCreateRequest body = new IncidentTypeCreateRequest() .data( new IncidentTypeCreateData() .attributes( new IncidentTypeAttributes() .description( "Any incidents that harm (or have the potential to) the" + " confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our data.") .isDefault(false) .name("Security Incident")) .type(IncidentTypeType.INCIDENT_TYPES)); try { IncidentTypeResponse result = apiInstance.createIncidentType(body); System.out.println(result); } catch (ApiException e) { System.err.println("Exception when calling IncidentsApi#createIncidentType"); System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode()); System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody()); System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders()); e.printStackTrace(); } } } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" java "Example.java" ##### ```python """ Create an incident type returns "CREATED" response """ from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration from datadog_api_client.v2.api.incidents_api import IncidentsApi from datadog_api_client.v2.model.incident_type_attributes import IncidentTypeAttributes from datadog_api_client.v2.model.incident_type_create_data import IncidentTypeCreateData from datadog_api_client.v2.model.incident_type_create_request import IncidentTypeCreateRequest from datadog_api_client.v2.model.incident_type_type import IncidentTypeType body = IncidentTypeCreateRequest( data=IncidentTypeCreateData( attributes=IncidentTypeAttributes( description="Any incidents that harm (or have the potential to) the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our data.", is_default=False, name="Security Incident", ), type=IncidentTypeType.INCIDENT_TYPES, ), ) configuration = Configuration() configuration.unstable_operations["create_incident_type"] = True with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: api_instance = IncidentsApi(api_client) response = api_instance.create_incident_type(body=body) print(response) ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" python3 "example.py" ##### ```ruby # Create an incident type returns "CREATED" response require "datadog_api_client" DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config| config.unstable_operations["v2.create_incident_type".to_sym] = true end api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentsAPI.new body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentTypeCreateRequest.new({ data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentTypeCreateData.new({ attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentTypeAttributes.new({ description: "Any incidents that harm (or have the potential to) the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our data.", is_default: false, name: "Security Incident", }), type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentTypeType::INCIDENT_TYPES, }), }) p api_instance.create_incident_type(body) ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" rb "example.rb" ##### ```rust // Create an incident type returns "CREATED" response use datadog_api_client::datadog; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_incidents::IncidentsAPI; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::IncidentTypeAttributes; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::IncidentTypeCreateData; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::IncidentTypeCreateRequest; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::IncidentTypeType; #[tokio::main] async fn main() { let body = IncidentTypeCreateRequest::new( IncidentTypeCreateData::new( IncidentTypeAttributes::new("Security Incident".to_string()) .description( "Any incidents that harm (or have the potential to) the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our data.".to_string(), ) .is_default(false), IncidentTypeType::INCIDENT_TYPES, ), ); let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new(); configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.CreateIncidentType", true); let api = IncidentsAPI::with_config(configuration); let resp = api.create_incident_type(body).await; if let Ok(value) = resp { println!("{:#?}", value); } else { println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err()); } } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" cargo run ##### ```typescript /** * Create an incident type returns "CREATED" response */ import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client"; const configuration = client.createConfiguration(); configuration.unstableOperations["v2.createIncidentType"] = true; const apiInstance = new v2.IncidentsApi(configuration); const params: v2.IncidentsApiCreateIncidentTypeRequest = { body: { data: { attributes: { description: "Any incidents that harm (or have the potential to) the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our data.", isDefault: false, name: "Security Incident", }, type: "incident_types", }, }, }; apiInstance .createIncidentType(params) .then((data: v2.IncidentTypeResponse) => { console.log( "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data) ); }) .catch((error: any) => console.error(error)); ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" tsc "example.ts" {% /tab %}