---
title: "Create a Slack integration channel"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/integration/slack/configuration/accounts/{account_name}/channels"
tags: ["Slack Integration"]
---

# Create a Slack integration channel

`POST /api/v1/integration/slack/configuration/accounts/{account_name}/channels`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com`
- URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/integration/slack/configuration/accounts/{account_name}/channels`
- Auth: API key in header `DD-API-KEY` and API key in header `DD-APPLICATION-KEY`

Add a channel to your Datadog-Slack integration.

## Path parameters

- `account_name` string, required

## Request body

- SlackIntegrationChannel: The Slack channel configuration.
  - `display` SlackIntegrationChannelDisplay: Configuration options for what is shown in an alert event message.
    - `message` boolean: Show the main body of the alert event.
    - `mute_buttons` boolean: Show interactive buttons to mute the alerting monitor.
    - `notified` boolean: Show the list of @-handles in the alert event.
    - `snapshot` boolean: Show the alert event's snapshot image.
    - `tags` boolean: Show the scopes on which the monitor alerted.
  - `name` string: Your channel name.

## Response `200`

OK

- SlackIntegrationChannel: The Slack channel configuration.
  - `display` SlackIntegrationChannelDisplay: Configuration options for what is shown in an alert event message.
    - `message` boolean: Show the main body of the alert event.
    - `mute_buttons` boolean: Show interactive buttons to mute the alerting monitor.
    - `notified` boolean: Show the list of @-handles in the alert event.
    - `snapshot` boolean: Show the alert event's snapshot image.
    - `tags` boolean: Show the scopes on which the monitor alerted.
  - `name` string: Your channel name.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `403`: Authentication error
- `404`: Item Not Found
- `429`: Too many requests

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/api-v1.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/api-v1/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/api-v1/revisions/ca5871004d26?raw)