---
title: "Get template by name (default fields)"
method: GET
path: "/{Version}/{WABA-ID}/message_templates"
tags: ["Templates"]
---

# Get template by name (default fields)

`GET /{Version}/{WABA-ID}/message_templates`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://graph.facebook.com`
- URL: `https://graph.facebook.com/{Version}/{WABA-ID}/message_templates`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

- Guide: [Message Templates](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/business-messaging/whatsapp/templates/overview)
- Guide: [How To Monitor Quality Signals](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/guides/how-to-monitor-quality-signals)
- Endpoint reference: [WhatsApp Business Account > Message Templates](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/whats-app-business-account/message_templates/)

## Query parameters

- `name` string

## Headers

- `User-Agent` string
- `Authorization` string, required

## Response `200`

Example response / Example response

- object
  - `data` object[]
    - `category` string
    - `components` object[]
      - `buttons` object[]
        - `text` string
        - `type` string
      - `example` object
        - `body_text` array[]
          - string[]
      - `format` string
      - `text` string
      - `type` string
    - `id` string
    - `language` string
    - `name` string
    - `status` string
  - `paging` object
    - `cursors` object
      - `after` string
      - `before` string

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/meta/apis/whatsapp-business-messaging.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/meta/apis/whatsapp-business-messaging/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/meta/apis/whatsapp-business-messaging/revisions/5c1973265369?raw)