---
title: Create a team link
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Teams
---

# Create a team link{% #create-a-team-link %}

{% tab title="v2" %}

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                   |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/team/{team_id}/links |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/team/{team_id}/links |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/team/{team_id}/links      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/team/{team_id}/links      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/team/{team_id}/links  |
| app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/team/{team_id}/links     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/team/{team_id}/links |
| us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/team/{team_id}/links |

### Overview

Add a new link to a team. This endpoint requires the `teams_read` permission.

OAuth apps require the `teams_read` authorization [scope](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/scopes.md#teams) to access this endpoint.



### Arguments

#### Path Parameters

| Name                      | Type   | Description |
| ------------------------- | ------ | ----------- |
| team_id [*required*] | string | None        |

### Request

#### Body Data (required)



{% tab title="Model" %}

| Parent field | Field                        | Type   | Description                                          |
| ------------ | ---------------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
|              | data [*required*]       | object | Team link create                                     |
| data         | attributes [*required*] | object | Team link attributes                                 |
| attributes   | label [*required*]      | string | The link's label                                     |
| attributes   | position                     | int32  | The link's position, used to sort links for the team |
| attributes   | team_id                      | string | ID of the team the link is associated with           |
| attributes   | url [*required*]        | string | The URL for the link                                 |
| data         | type [*required*]       | enum   | Team link type Allowed enum values: `team_links`     |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "label": "Link label",
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "position": 0
    },
    "type": "team_links"
  }
}
```

{% /tab %}

### Response

{% tab title="200" %}
OK
{% tab title="Model" %}
Team link response

| Parent field | Field                        | Type   | Description                                          |
| ------------ | ---------------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
|              | data                         | object | Team link                                            |
| data         | attributes [*required*] | object | Team link attributes                                 |
| attributes   | label [*required*]      | string | The link's label                                     |
| attributes   | position                     | int32  | The link's position, used to sort links for the team |
| attributes   | team_id                      | string | ID of the team the link is associated with           |
| attributes   | url [*required*]        | string | The URL for the link                                 |
| data         | id [*required*]         | string | The team link's identifier                           |
| data         | type [*required*]       | enum   | Team link type Allowed enum values: `team_links`     |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "label": "Link label",
      "position": "integer",
      "team_id": "string",
      "url": "https://example.com"
    },
    "id": "b8626d7e-cedd-11eb-abf5-da7ad0900001",
    "type": "team_links"
  }
}
```

{% /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" %}
API error response.
{% 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="422" %}
API error response.
{% 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
# 
 \# Path parameters export team_id="CHANGE_ME" \# Curl command curl -X POST "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/team/${team_id}/links" \
-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": {
      "label": "Link label",
      "position": 0,
      "url": "https://example.com"
    },
    "type": "team_links"
  }
}
EOF 
                        
##### 

```go
// Create a team link returns "OK" 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() {
	// there is a valid "dd_team" in the system
	DdTeamDataID := os.Getenv("DD_TEAM_DATA_ID")

	body := datadogV2.TeamLinkCreateRequest{
		Data: datadogV2.TeamLinkCreate{
			Attributes: datadogV2.TeamLinkAttributes{
				Label:    "Link label",
				Url:      "https://example.com",
				Position: datadog.PtrInt32(0),
			},
			Type: datadogV2.TEAMLINKTYPE_TEAM_LINKS,
		},
	}
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewTeamsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.CreateTeamLink(ctx, DdTeamDataID, body)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `TeamsApi.CreateTeamLink`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `TeamsApi.CreateTeamLink`:\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_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" go run "main.go"
##### 

```java
// Create a team link returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.TeamsApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.TeamLinkAttributes;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.TeamLinkCreate;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.TeamLinkCreateRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.TeamLinkResponse;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.TeamLinkType;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    TeamsApi apiInstance = new TeamsApi(defaultClient);

    // there is a valid "dd_team" in the system
    String DD_TEAM_DATA_ID = System.getenv("DD_TEAM_DATA_ID");

    TeamLinkCreateRequest body =
        new TeamLinkCreateRequest()
            .data(
                new TeamLinkCreate()
                    .attributes(
                        new TeamLinkAttributes()
                            .label("Link label")
                            .url("https://example.com")
                            .position(0))
                    .type(TeamLinkType.TEAM_LINKS));

    try {
      TeamLinkResponse result = apiInstance.createTeamLink(DD_TEAM_DATA_ID, body);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling TeamsApi#createTeamLink");
      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_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" java "Example.java"
##### 

```python
"""
Create a team link returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.teams_api import TeamsApi
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.team_link_attributes import TeamLinkAttributes
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.team_link_create import TeamLinkCreate
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.team_link_create_request import TeamLinkCreateRequest
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.team_link_type import TeamLinkType

# there is a valid "dd_team" in the system
DD_TEAM_DATA_ID = environ["DD_TEAM_DATA_ID"]

body = TeamLinkCreateRequest(
    data=TeamLinkCreate(
        attributes=TeamLinkAttributes(
            label="Link label",
            url="https://example.com",
            position=0,
        ),
        type=TeamLinkType.TEAM_LINKS,
    ),
)

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = TeamsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.create_team_link(team_id=DD_TEAM_DATA_ID, 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_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python3 "example.py"
##### 

```ruby
# Create a team link returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::TeamsAPI.new

# there is a valid "dd_team" in the system
DD_TEAM_DATA_ID = ENV["DD_TEAM_DATA_ID"]

body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::TeamLinkCreateRequest.new({
  data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::TeamLinkCreate.new({
    attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::TeamLinkAttributes.new({
      label: "Link label",
      url: "https://example.com",
      position: 0,
    }),
    type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::TeamLinkType::TEAM_LINKS,
  }),
})
p api_instance.create_team_link(DD_TEAM_DATA_ID, 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_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" rb "example.rb"
##### 

```rust
// Create a team link returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_teams::TeamsAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::TeamLinkAttributes;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::TeamLinkCreate;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::TeamLinkCreateRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::TeamLinkType;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // there is a valid "dd_team" in the system
    let dd_team_data_id = std::env::var("DD_TEAM_DATA_ID").unwrap();
    let body = TeamLinkCreateRequest::new(TeamLinkCreate::new(
        TeamLinkAttributes::new("Link label".to_string(), "https://example.com".to_string())
            .position(0),
        TeamLinkType::TEAM_LINKS,
    ));
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = TeamsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api.create_team_link(dd_team_data_id.clone(), 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_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
##### 

```typescript
/**
 * Create a team link returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
const apiInstance = new v2.TeamsApi(configuration);

// there is a valid "dd_team" in the system
const DD_TEAM_DATA_ID = process.env.DD_TEAM_DATA_ID as string;

const params: v2.TeamsApiCreateTeamLinkRequest = {
  body: {
    data: {
      attributes: {
        label: "Link label",
        url: "https://example.com",
        position: 0,
      },
      type: "team_links",
    },
  },
  teamId: DD_TEAM_DATA_ID,
};

apiInstance
  .createTeamLink(params)
  .then((data: v2.TeamLinkResponse) => {
    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_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" tsc "example.ts"
{% /tab %}