---
title: "Create a template"
method: POST
path: "/templates"
tags: ["Templates"]
---

# Create a template

`POST /templates`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.eusend.dev`
- URL: `https://api.eusend.dev/templates`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

A stored HTML body with `{{variable}}` placeholders, referenced from a send by `template_id`.

## Request body

- CreateTemplateRequest
  - `name` string, required
  - `subject` string, required
  - `html` string, required: May contain `{{variable}}` placeholders.
  - `editor_json` object, nullable: Dashboard editor document, stored alongside the HTML so the visual editor can reopen it.

## Response `201`

Created.

- Template
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `subject` string, required
  - `html` string, nullable
  - `reactSource` string, nullable: Legacy field; no longer written.
  - `editorJson` object, nullable
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: The request body or query failed validation (`VALIDATION_ERROR`).
- `401`: Missing, malformed, or revoked API key (`UNAUTHORIZED`).
- `403`: The key exists but may not reach this resource — a `sending_access` key outside the send paths, a test-mode key writing live state, or an account on hold (`FORBIDDEN`, `ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED`).
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded (`RATE_LIMITED`).
- `500`: Unexpected server error (`INTERNAL_ERROR`). Carries `request_id`.

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