# Datadog + Instatus

Source: https://instatus.com/help/integrations/datadog

1. Go to [Instatus](https://instatus.com), under Integrations, select Datadog
2. Select the templates to use when creating and resolving automated incidents
3. Copy your page's webhook URL
4. Log in to your Datadog account and go to Integrations.
5. Create a new Webhook integration

![Datadog webhook integration](https://instatus.com/help/integrations/datadog-1.png)

6. Add a name and your copied Instatus Webhook URL
7. Make sure to add `alert` value to your payload:

```json
{
  "alert": "$ALERT_TRANSITION",  
  "body": "$EVENT_MSG",
  "last_updated": "$LAST_UPDATED",
  "event_type": "$EVENT_TYPE",
  "title": "$EVENT_TITLE",
  "date": "$DATE",
  "org": {
    "id": "$ORG_ID",
    "name": "$ORG_NAME"
  },
  "id": "$ID"
}
```

8. Click Save

![Datadog add webhook](https://instatus.com/help/integrations/datadog-2.png)

9. Create a new API test

![Datadog API test](https://instatus.com/help/integrations/datadog-3.png)

10. Make sure to notify your created webhook integration

![Datadog API test notifications](https://instatus.com/help/integrations/datadog-4.png)

We're done! 🙌