Get an email template

GET /v1/admin/email/templates/{key}

• Operation ID: getEmailTemplate
• Tags: Email templates
• Base URL: http://localhost:8787

Returns the template and all of its versions, newest first.

Workflow: Integration guide.

Authentication: staff Bearer JWT with permission email.read.

Authentication

• Auth: staff Bearer JWT (Authorization: Bearer <access_token>) with the permissions below.
• Required permissions: email.read

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
key	path	string	yes	Pattern: ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{1,63}$

Responses

200

Template with versions.

• Header x-request-id: Request identifier; quote it when reporting an error. Content type: application/json

Schema: object (EmailTemplateDetail)

Field	Type	Required	Description
template	object (EmailTemplate)	yes	-
template.key	string	yes	-
template.name	string	yes	-
template.description	string | null	yes	-
template.kind	string	yes	One of: "auth", "transactional", "broadcast"
template.subject	string	yes	-
template.variables_schema	object	yes	-
template.storage_path	string	yes	-
template.is_system	boolean	yes	-
template.published_version	integer | null	yes	-
template.published_at	string<date-time> | null	yes	-
template.published_by	string | null	yes	-
template.updated_by	string | null	yes	-
template.created_at	string<date-time>	yes	-
template.updated_at	string<date-time>	yes	-
versions	(object (EmailTemplateVersion))[]	yes	-
versions[].id	string	yes	-
versions[].template_key	string	yes	-
versions[].version	integer	yes	-
versions[].subject	string	yes	-
versions[].html	string	yes	-
versions[].text_body	string | null	yes	-
versions[].author_id	string | null	yes	-
versions[].note	string | null	yes	-
versions[].created_at	string<date-time>	yes	-

Errors

400

Request validation failed.

• Header x-request-id: Request identifier; quote it when reporting an error. Content type: application/json

Schema: object (ValidationErrorBody)

Field	Type	Required	Description
success	boolean	yes	One of: false
error	object	yes	-
error.name	string	yes	One of: "ZodError"
error.issues	object[]	yes	-
error.issues[].code	string	yes	-
error.issues[].path	(string | number)[]	yes	-
error.issues[].message	string	yes	-

Request validation

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "name": "ZodError",
    "issues": [
      {
        "code": "custom",
        "path": [
          "field"
        ],
        "message": "Invalid value"
      }
    ]
  }
}

401

Missing, malformed, expired or wrong-audience Bearer token (missing_token, invalid_token, invalid_audience).

• Header x-request-id: Request identifier; quote it when reporting an error. Content type: application/json

Schema: object (ErrorBody)

Field	Type	Required	Description
error	string	yes	Stable machine-readable error code, e.g. forbidden, not_found.
details	any	no	Optional structured context. For 403 it is { perm }.

Error response

{
  "error": "missing_token"
}

403

Authenticated but lacking the required permission. details.perm lists the accepted permission keys.

• Header x-request-id: Request identifier; quote it when reporting an error. Content type: application/json

Schema: object (ErrorBody), fields as described above.

Error response

{
  "error": "forbidden",
  "details": {
    "perm": "email.read"
  }
}

404

template: no template with this key.

• Header x-request-id: Request identifier; quote it when reporting an error. Content type: application/json

Schema: object (ErrorBody), fields as described above.

Error response

{
  "error": "template"
}

500

Unexpected server error (internal). No details are returned.

• Header x-request-id: Request identifier; quote it when reporting an error. Content type: application/json

Schema: object (ErrorBody), fields as described above.

Error response

{
  "error": "internal"
}

Examples

curl

curl -X GET 'http://localhost:8787/v1/admin/email/templates/example' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"

TypeScript

const accessToken = process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN; // user JWT from your sign-in flow

const response = await fetch("http://localhost:8787/v1/admin/email/templates/example", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const data = response.status === 204 || response.status === 205
  ? undefined
  : response.headers.get("content-type")?.includes("json")
    ? await response.json()
    : await response.text();