Create postmortem template

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POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templateshttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templateshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templateshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templateshttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templateshttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templateshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templateshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidents/config/postmortem-templates

Overview

Create a new postmortem template for incidents.

Request

Body Data (required)

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Field

Type

Description

data [required]

object

Data object for creating or updating a postmortem template.

attributes [required]

object

Attributes for creating or updating a postmortem template.

name [required]

string

The name of the template

type [required]

enum

Postmortem template resource type Allowed enum values: postmortem_template

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Standard Postmortem Template"
    },
    "type": "postmortem_template"
  }
}

Response

Created

Response containing a single postmortem template.

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Field

Type

Description

data [required]

object

Data object for a postmortem template returned in a response.

attributes [required]

object

Attributes of a postmortem template returned in a response.

createdAt [required]

date-time

When the template was created

modifiedAt [required]

date-time

When the template was last modified

name [required]

string

The name of the template

id [required]

string

The ID of the template

type [required]

enum

Postmortem template resource type Allowed enum values: postmortem_template

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "createdAt": "2026-01-13T17:15:53.208340Z",
      "modifiedAt": "2026-01-13T17:15:53.208340Z",
      "name": "Standard Postmortem Template"
    },
    "id": "template-456",
    "type": "postmortem_template"
  }
}

Bad Request

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

detail

string

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.

meta

object

Non-standard meta-information about the error

source

object

References to the source of the error.

header

string

A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.

parameter

string

A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.

pointer

string

A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.

status

string

Status code of the response.

title

string

Short human-readable summary of the error.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Forbidden

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

detail

string

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.

meta

object

Non-standard meta-information about the error

source

object

References to the source of the error.

header

string

A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.

parameter

string

A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.

pointer

string

A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.

status

string

Status code of the response.

title

string

Short human-readable summary of the error.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Too many requests

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Code Example

                  ## default
# 

# Curl command
curl -X POST "https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com"https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com"https://api.datadoghq.eu"https://api.ddog-gov.com"https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com"https://api.datadoghq.com"https://api.us3.datadoghq.com"https://api.us5.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": { "name": "Standard Postmortem Template" }, "type": "postmortem_template" } } EOF
"""
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 and then save the example to example.py and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" python3 "example.py"
# 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 and then save the example to example.rb and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"
// 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 and then save the example to main.go and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" go run "main.go"
// 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 and then save the example to Example.java and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" java "Example.java"
// 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 and then save the example to src/main.rs and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run
/**
 * 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 and then save the example to example.ts and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" tsc "example.ts"