---
title: "Create a template"
method: POST
path: "/v1/templates/"
tags: ["templates"]
---

# Create a template

`POST /v1/templates/`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.wraps.dev`
- URL: `https://api.wraps.dev/v1/templates/`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Creates a DRAFT template. The API does not compile TSX — pass compiledHtml/compiledText if you have them, or publish will refuse the template until it's compiled. Always created as react-email format.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `slug` string
  - `subject` string
  - `previewText` string
  - `description` string
  - `emailType` union
    - string
    - string
  - `channel` union
    - string
    - string
  - `source` string: React Email TSX source
  - `compiledHtml` string
  - `compiledText` string
  - `variables` object[]
    - `name` string, required
    - `fallback` string

## Response `201`

- object
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string, required
  - `subject` string, required
  - `previewText` string, required
  - `emailType` string, required
  - `channel` string, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `slug` string, required
  - `publishedAt` string, required
  - `createdAt` string, required
  - `updatedAt` string, required
  - `sourceHash` string, required
  - `variables` unknown[], required
    - unknown
  - `lastEditedFrom` string, required
  - `source` string
  - `compiledHtml` string
  - `compiledText` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Malformed request — unparseable body or an invalid parameter.
- `401`: Missing, malformed, or revoked credentials. Send `Authorization: Bearer <api key>`.
- `403`: Authenticated, but the resource belongs to another organization.
- `404`: No such route, or no such resource in this organization.
- `409`
- `422`: The request parsed but failed schema validation.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded. Wait for the window named by the RateLimit headers.
- `500`: Unexpected server failure. Safe to retry with backoff; quote `requestId` if it persists.

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