---
title: Create an org group
description: Create a new organization group.
breadcrumbs: Documentation > API > Create an org group
---

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# Create an org group

## v2 (latest)

{% alert level="warning" %}
**Note**: This endpoint is in preview and is subject to change.
If you have any feedback, contact [Datadog support](https://docs.datadoghq.com/help.md).
{% /alert %}

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                         |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/org_groups     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/org_groups |
| us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/org_groups |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/org_groups      |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/org_groups |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/org_groups |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/org_groups |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/org_groups      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/org_groups  |

### Overview

Create a new organization group.

This endpoint requires the `org_group_write` permission.

### Request

#### Body Data (required)

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
| Parent field | Field                   | Type   | Description                                                  |
| ------------ | ----------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
|              | data [*required*]       | object | Data for creating an org group.                              |
| data         | attributes [*required*] | object | Attributes for creating an org group.                        |
| attributes   | name [*required*]       | string | The name of the org group.                                   |
| data         | type [*required*]       | enum   | Org groups resource type. Allowed enum values: `org_groups`. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "name": "My Org Group"
    },
    "type": "org_groups"
  }
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}

### Response

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="201" %}
Created

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
Response containing a single org group.

| Parent field | Field                       | Type      | Description                                                  |
| ------------ | --------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
|              | data [*required*]           | object    | An org group resource.                                       |
| data         | attributes [*required*]     | object    | Attributes of an org group.                                  |
| attributes   | created_at [*required*]     | date-time | Timestamp when the org group was created.                    |
| attributes   | modified_at [*required*]    | date-time | Timestamp when the org group was last modified.              |
| attributes   | name [*required*]           | string    | The name of the org group.                                   |
| attributes   | owner_org_site [*required*] | string    | The site of the organization that owns this org group.       |
| attributes   | owner_org_uuid [*required*] | uuid      | The UUID of the organization that owns this org group.       |
| data         | id [*required*]             | uuid      | The ID of the org group.                                     |
| data         | type [*required*]           | enum      | Org groups resource type. Allowed enum values: `org_groups`. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "modified_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "name": "My Org Group",
      "owner_org_site": "us1",
      "owner_org_uuid": "b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f01234567890"
    },
    "id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef0123456789",
    "type": "org_groups"
  }
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="400" %}
Bad Request

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="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 label="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 %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="401" %}
Unauthorized

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="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 label="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 %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="403" %}
Forbidden

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="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 label="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 %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="409" %}
Conflict

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="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 label="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 %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="429" %}
Too many requests

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field               | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------- | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}

### Code Example

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Curl" %}
```bash
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" # Or us3.datadoghq.com, us5.datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, ap1.datadoghq.com, ap2.datadoghq.com, uk1.datadoghq.com, ddog-gov.com, us2.ddog-gov.com
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/org_groups" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "name": "My Org Group"
    },
    "type": "org_groups"
  }
}
EOF
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Go" %}
```go
// Create an org group 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.OrgGroupCreateRequest{
		Data: datadogV2.OrgGroupCreateData{
			Attributes: datadogV2.OrgGroupCreateAttributes{
				Name: "My Org Group",
			},
			Type: datadogV2.ORGGROUPTYPE_ORG_GROUPS,
		},
	}
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"))
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.CreateOrgGroup", true)
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewOrgGroupsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.CreateOrgGroup(ctx, body)

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

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `OrgGroupsApi.CreateOrgGroup`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Java" %}
```java
// Create an org group returns "Created" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.OrgGroupsApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.OrgGroupCreateAttributes;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.OrgGroupCreateData;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.OrgGroupCreateRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.OrgGroupResponse;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.OrgGroupType;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
    defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.createOrgGroup", true);
    OrgGroupsApi apiInstance = new OrgGroupsApi(defaultClient);

    OrgGroupCreateRequest body =
        new OrgGroupCreateRequest()
            .data(
                new OrgGroupCreateData()
                    .attributes(new OrgGroupCreateAttributes().name("My Org Group"))
                    .type(OrgGroupType.ORG_GROUPS));

    try {
      OrgGroupResponse result = apiInstance.createOrgGroup(body);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling OrgGroupsApi#createOrgGroup");
      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://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Python" %}
```python
"""
Create an org group returns "Created" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.org_groups_api import OrgGroupsApi
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.org_group_create_attributes import OrgGroupCreateAttributes
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.org_group_create_data import OrgGroupCreateData
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.org_group_create_request import OrgGroupCreateRequest
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.org_group_type import OrgGroupType

body = OrgGroupCreateRequest(
    data=OrgGroupCreateData(
        attributes=OrgGroupCreateAttributes(
            name="My Org Group",
        ),
        type=OrgGroupType.ORG_GROUPS,
    ),
)

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
configuration.unstable_operations["create_org_group"] = True
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = OrgGroupsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.create_org_group(body=body)

    print(response)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Ruby" %}
```ruby
# Create an org group returns "Created" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
  config.unstable_operations["v2.create_org_group".to_sym] = true
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::OrgGroupsAPI.new

body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::OrgGroupCreateRequest.new({
  data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::OrgGroupCreateData.new({
    attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::OrgGroupCreateAttributes.new({
      name: "My Org Group",
    }),
    type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::OrgGroupType::ORG_GROUPS,
  }),
})
p api_instance.create_org_group(body)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Rust" %}
```rust
// Create an org group returns "Created" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_org_groups::OrgGroupsAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::OrgGroupCreateAttributes;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::OrgGroupCreateData;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::OrgGroupCreateRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::OrgGroupType;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let body = OrgGroupCreateRequest::new(OrgGroupCreateData::new(
        OrgGroupCreateAttributes::new("My Org Group".to_string()),
        OrgGroupType::ORG_GROUPS,
    ));
    let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.create_org_group", true);
    let api = OrgGroupsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api.create_org_group(body).await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="TypeScript" %}
```typescript
/**
 * Create an org group returns "Created" response
 */

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

const configuration = client.createConfiguration({
  authMethods: {
    AuthZ: {
      accessToken: process.env.DD_BEARER_TOKEN as string,
    },
  },
});
configuration.unstableOperations["v2.createOrgGroup"] = true;
const apiInstance = new v2.OrgGroupsApi(configuration);

const params: v2.OrgGroupsApiCreateOrgGroupRequest = {
  body: {
    data: {
      attributes: {
        name: "My Org Group",
      },
      type: "org_groups",
    },
  },
};

apiInstance
  .createOrgGroup(params)
  .then((data: v2.OrgGroupResponse) => {
    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://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}