# Create a logging destination

> Source: https://elaichi.ai/docs/api-reference/observability-destinations/observability-destination/createobservabilitydestination/

`POST /observability-destination`

Resource: **Observability Destination** · API: **Observability destinations**

## Request body

- **`name`** _(string)_
- **`provider`** _(string)_
  Allowed: `datadog`
- **`config`** _(object)_
- **`is_active`** _(boolean)_

## Code examples

### curl

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.elaichi.ai/observability-destination' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $ELAICHI_API_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"name":"your_name","provider":"datadog","config":{},"is_active":true}'
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const body = {
  "name": "your_name",
  "provider": "datadog",
  "config": {},
  "is_active": true
};

const response = await fetch('https://api.elaichi.ai/observability-destination', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + process.env.ELAICHI_API_TOKEN,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(body),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

url = "https://api.elaichi.ai/observability-destination"
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ELAICHI_API_TOKEN']}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
    "name": "your_name",
    "provider": "datadog",
    "config": {},
    "is_active": True
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
print(response.json())
```