# Retrieve template

> GET /templates/:id — fetch a single template.

`GET /templates/:id`

The `id` path parameter also accepts an `alias`.

**Node.js**

```js
import { MailBlastr } from 'mailblastr';

const mb = new MailBlastr('mb_xxxxxxxxx');

const { data, error } = await mb.templates.get('tmpl_8f5c2a1e');
console.log({ data, error });
```

**Ruby**

```ruby
require "mailblastr"

Mailblastr.api_key = "mb_xxxxxxxxx"

Mailblastr::Templates.get("tmpl_8f5c2a1e")
```

**PHP**

```php
$mailblastr = Mailblastr::client('mb_xxxxxxxxx');

$mailblastr->templates->get('tmpl_8f5c2a1e');
```

**Python**

```python
import mailblastr

mailblastr.api_key = "mb_xxxxxxxxx"

mailblastr.Templates.get("tmpl_8f5c2a1e")
```

**Go**

```go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.mailblastr.com/templates/tmpl_8f5c2a1e", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx")
    res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    defer res.Body.Close()
    out, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(out))
}
```

**Rust**

```rust
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = Client::new()
        .get("https://api.mailblastr.com/templates/tmpl_8f5c2a1e")
        .header("Authorization", "Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx")
        .send()
        .await?;
    println!("{}", res.text().await?);
    Ok(())
}
```

**Java**

```java
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.mailblastr.com/templates/tmpl_8f5c2a1e"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();
var response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
```

**.NET**

```csharp
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;

var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://api.mailblastr.com/templates/tmpl_8f5c2a1e");
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx");
var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://api.mailblastr.com/templates/tmpl_8f5c2a1e' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx'
```

**CLI**

```bash
mailblastr templates get tmpl_8f5c2a1e
```

### Response

```json
{
  "object": "template",
  "id": "tmpl_8f5c2a1e",
  "current_version_id": "ver_a1b2c3d4e5f6",
  "alias": null,
  "name": "Welcome email",
  "status": "published",
  "published_at": "2026-06-23T10:05:00.000Z",
  "has_unpublished_versions": false,
  "from": "Acme <hello@yourdomain.com>",
  "subject": "Welcome, {{first_name}}!",
  "reply_to": null,
  "html": "<h1>Hi {{first_name}}</h1>",
  "text": null,
  "variables": [
    {
      "id": "var_9e2b4a1f8c3d6e7b0f5a2c8d",
      "key": "first_name",
      "type": "string",
      "fallback_value": "there",
      "created_at": "2026-06-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-06-23T10:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2026-06-23T10:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-06-23T10:05:00.000Z"
}
```

> **Note:** Returns `not_found` if no template with that id (or alias) belongs to you.