--- title: Create postmortem template description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Incidents --- > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt). # Create postmortem template{% #create-postmortem-template %} Copy pageCopied {% tab title="v2" %} **Note**: This endpoint is in preview and is subject to change. 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/postmortem-templates | | ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templates | | app.datadoghq.eu | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templates | | app.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templates | | us2.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templates | | uk1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templates | | app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templates | | us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templates | | us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templates | ### Overview Create a new postmortem template for incidents. ### Request #### Body Data (required) {% tab title="Model" %} | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | Data object for creating or updating a postmortem template. | | data | attributes [*required*] | object | Attributes for creating or updating a postmortem template. | | attributes | confluence_postmortem_settings | object | Settings for a postmortem template stored in Confluence. Required when `location` is `confluence`. | | confluence_postmortem_settings | account_id [*required*] | string | The ID of the Confluence integration account. | | confluence_postmortem_settings | parent_id | string | The ID of the parent Confluence page under which postmortems are created. | | confluence_postmortem_settings | space_id [*required*] | string | The ID of the Confluence space where postmortems are created. | | attributes | content | string | The templated content of the postmortem, supporting Markdown and incident template variables. | | attributes | google_docs_postmortem_settings | object | Settings for a postmortem template stored in Google Docs. Required when `location` is `google_docs`. | | google_docs_postmortem_settings | account_id [*required*] | string | The ID of the Google Drive integration account. | | google_docs_postmortem_settings | parent_folder_id [*required*] | string | The ID of the Google Drive folder where postmortems are created. | | attributes | is_default | date-time | When set, marks this template as a default. The effective default for an incident type is the template with the most recent `is_default` timestamp. Set to `null` to unset. | | attributes | location | enum | The location where the postmortem is created and stored. Allowed enum values: `datadog_notebooks,confluence,google_docs` | | attributes | name [*required*] | string | The name of the template. | | data | id | string | The ID of the template. Required when updating. | | data | relationships | object | Relationships for a postmortem template. `incident_type` is required when creating a template and is immutable afterwards. | | relationships | incident_type | object | Relationship to the incident type this template belongs to. | | incident_type | data [*required*] | object | Incident type relationship data. | | data | id [*required*] | uuid | The incident type identifier. | | data | type [*required*] | string | The incident type resource type. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Postmortem template resource type. Allowed enum values: `postmortem_templates,postmortem_template` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "confluence_postmortem_settings": { "account_id": "123456", "parent_id": "345678", "space_id": "789012" }, "content": "# Overview\n\n# What Happened\n\n# Timeline\n\n# Action Items", "google_docs_postmortem_settings": { "account_id": "123456", "parent_folder_id": "789012" }, "is_default": "2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00", "location": "datadog_notebooks", "name": "Standard Postmortem Template" }, "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "relationships": { "incident_type": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000009", "type": "incident_types" } } }, "type": "postmortem_templates" } } ``` {% /tab %} ### Response {% tab title="201" %} Created {% tab title="Model" %} Response containing a single postmortem template. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | Data object for a postmortem template returned in a response. | | data | attributes [*required*] | object | Attributes of a postmortem template returned in a response. | | attributes | confluence_postmortem_settings | object | Settings for a postmortem template stored in Confluence. Required when `location` is `confluence`. | | confluence_postmortem_settings | account_id [*required*] | string | The ID of the Confluence integration account. | | confluence_postmortem_settings | parent_id | string | The ID of the parent Confluence page under which postmortems are created. | | confluence_postmortem_settings | space_id [*required*] | string | The ID of the Confluence space where postmortems are created. | | attributes | content [*required*] | string | The templated content of the postmortem, supporting Markdown and incident template variables. | | attributes | createdAt [*required*] | date-time | When the template was created. | | attributes | google_docs_postmortem_settings | object | Settings for a postmortem template stored in Google Docs. Required when `location` is `google_docs`. | | google_docs_postmortem_settings | account_id [*required*] | string | The ID of the Google Drive integration account. | | google_docs_postmortem_settings | parent_folder_id [*required*] | string | The ID of the Google Drive folder where postmortems are created. | | attributes | is_default [*required*] | date-time | When set, marks this template as a default. The effective default for an incident type is the template with the most recent `is_default` timestamp. | | attributes | location [*required*] | enum | The location where the postmortem is created and stored. Allowed enum values: `datadog_notebooks,confluence,google_docs` | | attributes | modifiedAt [*required*] | date-time | When the template was last modified. | | attributes | name [*required*] | string | The name of the template. | | data | id [*required*] | string | The ID of the template. | | data | relationships | object | Relationships of a postmortem template returned in a response. | | relationships | incident_type | object | Relationship to the incident type this template belongs to. | | incident_type | data [*required*] | object | Incident type relationship data. | | data | id [*required*] | uuid | The incident type identifier. | | data | type [*required*] | string | The incident type resource type. | | relationships | last_modified_by_user | object | Relationship to a user. | | last_modified_by_user | data [*required*] | object | User relationship data. | | data | id [*required*] | uuid | The user identifier. | | data | type [*required*] | string | The user resource type. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Postmortem template resource type. Allowed enum values: `postmortem_templates,postmortem_template` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "confluence_postmortem_settings": { "account_id": "123456", "parent_id": "345678", "space_id": "789012" }, "content": "# Overview\n\n# What Happened\n\n# Timeline\n\n# Action Items", "createdAt": "2026-01-13T17:15:53.208340Z", "google_docs_postmortem_settings": { "account_id": "123456", "parent_folder_id": "789012" }, "is_default": "2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00", "location": "datadog_notebooks", "modifiedAt": "2026-01-13T17:15:53.208340Z", "name": "Standard Postmortem Template" }, "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "relationships": { "incident_type": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000009", "type": "incident_types" } }, "last_modified_by_user": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "type": "users" } } }, "type": "postmortem_templates" } } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="400" %} Bad Request {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors. | | errors | detail | string | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error. | | errors | meta | object | Non-standard meta-information about the error | | errors | source | object | References to the source of the error. | | source | header | string | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. | | source | parameter | string | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. | | source | pointer | string | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error. | | errors | status | string | Status code of the response. | | errors | title | string | Short human-readable summary of the error. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ { "detail": "Missing required attribute in body", "meta": {}, "source": { "header": "Authorization", "parameter": "limit", "pointer": "/data/attributes/title" }, "status": "400", "title": "Bad Request" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="403" %} Forbidden {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors. | | errors | detail | string | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error. | | errors | meta | object | Non-standard meta-information about the error | | errors | source | object | References to the source of the error. | | source | header | string | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. | | source | parameter | string | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. | | source | pointer | string | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error. | | errors | status | string | Status code of the response. | | errors | title | string | Short human-readable summary of the error. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ { "detail": "Missing required attribute in body", "meta": {}, "source": { "header": "Authorization", "parameter": "limit", "pointer": "/data/attributes/title" }, "status": "400", "title": "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/postmortem-templates" \ -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": { "content": "# Overview\n\n# What Happened\n\n# Timeline\n\n# Action Items", "name": "Standard Postmortem Template" }, "relationships": { "incident_type": { "data": { "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000009", "type": "incident_types" } } }, "type": "postmortem_templates" } } EOF ##### ```python """ Create postmortem template 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.postmortem_template_attributes_request import PostmortemTemplateAttributesRequest from datadog_api_client.v2.model.postmortem_template_data_request import PostmortemTemplateDataRequest from datadog_api_client.v2.model.postmortem_template_request import PostmortemTemplateRequest from datadog_api_client.v2.model.postmortem_template_type import PostmortemTemplateType body = PostmortemTemplateRequest( data=PostmortemTemplateDataRequest( attributes=PostmortemTemplateAttributesRequest( name="Standard Postmortem Template", ), type=PostmortemTemplateType.POSTMORTEM_TEMPLATE, ), ) configuration = Configuration() configuration.unstable_operations["create_incident_postmortem_template"] = True with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: api_instance = IncidentsApi(api_client) response = api_instance.create_incident_postmortem_template(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 postmortem template returns "Created" response require "datadog_api_client" DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config| config.unstable_operations["v2.create_incident_postmortem_template".to_sym] = true end api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::IncidentsAPI.new body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::PostmortemTemplateRequest.new({ data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::PostmortemTemplateDataRequest.new({ attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::PostmortemTemplateAttributesRequest.new({ name: "Standard Postmortem Template", }), type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::PostmortemTemplateType::POSTMORTEM_TEMPLATE, }), }) p api_instance.create_incident_postmortem_template(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" ##### ```go // Create postmortem template 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.PostmortemTemplateRequest{ Data: datadogV2.PostmortemTemplateDataRequest{ Attributes: datadogV2.PostmortemTemplateAttributesRequest{ Name: "Standard Postmortem Template", }, Type: datadogV2.POSTMORTEMTEMPLATETYPE_POSTMORTEM_TEMPLATE, }, } ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background()) configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration() configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.CreateIncidentPostmortemTemplate", true) apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration) api := datadogV2.NewIncidentsApi(apiClient) resp, r, err := api.CreateIncidentPostmortemTemplate(ctx, body) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `IncidentsApi.CreateIncidentPostmortemTemplate`: %v\n", err) fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r) } responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", " ") fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `IncidentsApi.CreateIncidentPostmortemTemplate`:\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 postmortem template 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.PostmortemTemplateAttributesRequest; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.PostmortemTemplateDataRequest; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.PostmortemTemplateRequest; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.PostmortemTemplateResponse; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.PostmortemTemplateType; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient(); defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.createIncidentPostmortemTemplate", true); IncidentsApi apiInstance = new IncidentsApi(defaultClient); PostmortemTemplateRequest body = new PostmortemTemplateRequest() .data( new PostmortemTemplateDataRequest() .attributes( new PostmortemTemplateAttributesRequest() .name("Standard Postmortem Template")) .type(PostmortemTemplateType.POSTMORTEM_TEMPLATE)); try { PostmortemTemplateResponse result = apiInstance.createIncidentPostmortemTemplate(body); System.out.println(result); } catch (ApiException e) { System.err.println("Exception when calling IncidentsApi#createIncidentPostmortemTemplate"); 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" ##### ```rust // Create postmortem template returns "Created" response use datadog_api_client::datadog; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_incidents::IncidentsAPI; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::PostmortemTemplateAttributesRequest; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::PostmortemTemplateDataRequest; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::PostmortemTemplateRequest; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::PostmortemTemplateType; #[tokio::main] async fn main() { let body = PostmortemTemplateRequest::new(PostmortemTemplateDataRequest::new( PostmortemTemplateAttributesRequest::new("Standard Postmortem Template".to_string()), PostmortemTemplateType::POSTMORTEM_TEMPLATE, )); let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new(); configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.CreateIncidentPostmortemTemplate", true); let api = IncidentsAPI::with_config(configuration); let resp = api.create_incident_postmortem_template(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 postmortem template returns "Created" response */ import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client"; const configuration = client.createConfiguration(); configuration.unstableOperations["v2.createIncidentPostmortemTemplate"] = true; const apiInstance = new v2.IncidentsApi(configuration); const params: v2.IncidentsApiCreateIncidentPostmortemTemplateRequest = { body: { data: { attributes: { name: "Standard Postmortem Template", }, type: "postmortem_template", }, }, }; apiInstance .createIncidentPostmortemTemplate(params) .then((data: v2.PostmortemTemplateResponse) => { 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 %}