---
title: "Retrieve a template"
method: GET
path: "/templates/{id}"
tags: ["Templates"]
---

# Retrieve a template

`GET /templates/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mepmail.dev`
- URL: `https://api.mepmail.dev/templates/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Returns one template by id or alias.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required: Template id or alias

## Response `200`

Template by id or alias. Templates have no draft/publish cycle: every save is live, so status is always published. from, reply_to and variables are not supported yet and read as null, null and [].

- GetTemplateResponse
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `alias` string, nullable, required
  - `status` 'published', required
  - `published_at` string, required
  - `created_at` string, required
  - `updated_at` string, required
  - `object` 'template', required
  - `current_version_id` string, uuid, required
  - `from` unknown, required
  - `subject` string, nullable, required
  - `reply_to` unknown, required
  - `html` string, required
  - `text` string, nullable, required
  - `variables` unknown[], required: Always empty
    - unknown
  - `has_unpublished_versions` false, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing, malformed or invalid API key
- `404`: Not found
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded: 600 requests per minute per API key and 3,000 per team; wait for Retry-After

---

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