---
title: "Create Incident Postmortem Template"
method: POST
path: "/incident-postmortem-template"
tags: ["Incident Postmortem Template"]
---

# Create Incident Postmortem Template

`POST /incident-postmortem-template`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://oneuptime.com/api`
- URL: `https://oneuptime.com/api/incident-postmortem-template`
- Auth: API key in header `APIKey`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/oneuptime/apis/oneuptime-openapi-specification/docs/incident-postmortem-template/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Endpoint to create a new Incident Postmortem Template

## Request body

- object
  - `data` IncidentPostmortemTemplateCreateSchema, required: Create schema for IncidentPostmortemTemplate model. Create
    - `projectId` string, uuid: ID of your OneUptime Project in which this object belongs. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [No access - you don't have permission for this operation]
    - `postmortemNote` string: Markdown template used when documenting an incident postmortem. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Edit Incident Note Template]
    - `templateName` string, required: Name of the Postmortem Template. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Edit Incident Note Template]
    - `templateDescription` string, required: Description of the Postmortem Template. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Edit Incident Note Template]

## Response `201`

Created successfully

- object
  - `data` IncidentPostmortemTemplateReadSchema: Read schema for IncidentPostmortemTemplate model. Read
    - `_id` string, uuid: ID of this object. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Edit Incident Note Template]
    - `createdAt` object: Date and Time when the object was created. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Edit Incident Note Template]
    - `updatedAt` object: Date and Time when the object was updated. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Edit Incident Note Template]
    - `deletedAt` object: Date and Time when the object was deleted. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Edit Incident Note Template]
    - `projectId` string, uuid: ID of your OneUptime Project in which this object belongs. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [No access - you don't have permission for this operation]
    - `postmortemNote` string: Markdown template used when documenting an incident postmortem. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Edit Incident Note Template]
    - `templateName` string, required: Name of the Postmortem Template. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Edit Incident Note Template]
    - `templateDescription` string, required: Description of the Postmortem Template. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Create Incident Note Template], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Edit Incident Note Template]
    - `createdByUserId` string, uuid: User ID who created this object (if this object was created by a User). Permissions - Create: [No access - you don't have permission for this operation], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Project Member, Viewer, Incident Admin, Incident Member, Incident Viewer, Read Incident Note Template], Update: [No access - you don't have permission for this operation]

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request. This response indicates that the request was malformed or contained invalid data.
- `401`: Unauthorized. This response indicates that the request requires user authentication.
- `402`: Payment Required. This response indicates that the request requires payment or a valid subscription.
- `403`: Forbidden. This response indicates that the server understood the request, but refuses to authorize it.
- `405`: Project not found. This response indicates that the requested project does not exist or is not accessible.
- `408`: Request Timeout. This response indicates that the server timed out waiting for the request.
- `415`: Unable to reach server. This response indicates that the server is currently unreachable or down.
- `422`: Not authorized. This response indicates that the user does not have permission to access the requested resource.
- `500`: Internal Server Error. This response indicates that the server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.

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