def create(self, notification_type, label=None, name=None, details=None):
        """
        Defines a notification for handling an alarm.
        """
        uri = "/%s" % self.uri_base
        body = {"label": label or name,
                "type": utils.get_id(notification_type),
                "details": details,
                }
        resp, resp_body = self.api.method_post(uri, body=body)
        return self.get(resp.headers["x-object-id"])