> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.autosend.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List Templates

> List all email templates in your account with optional pagination using the AutoSend API.

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request GET \
    --url 'https://api.autosend.com/v1/templates?templateType=transactional&limit=10' \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  url = "https://api.autosend.com/v1/templates"

  headers = {
      "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
  }

  params = {
      "templateType": "transactional",
      "limit": 10
  }

  response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
  print(response.json())
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  fetch('https://api.autosend.com/v1/templates?templateType=transactional&limit=10', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer <token>'
    }
  })
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  <?php

  $url = 'https://api.autosend.com/v1/templates?templateType=transactional&limit=10';

  $ch = curl_init($url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
      'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($ch);
  curl_close($ch);

  echo $response;
  ?>
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

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

  func main() {
      url := "https://api.autosend.com/v1/templates?templateType=transactional&limit=10"

      req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
      req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

      client := &http.Client{}
      resp, err := client.Do(req)
      if err != nil {
          fmt.Println("Error:", err)
          return
      }
      defer resp.Body.Close()

      body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
      fmt.Println(string(body))
  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  import java.io.BufferedReader;
  import java.io.InputStreamReader;
  import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
  import java.net.URL;

  public class ListTemplates {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
          try {
              URL url = new URL("https://api.autosend.com/v1/templates?templateType=transactional&limit=10");
              HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

              con.setRequestMethod("GET");
              con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");

              BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
              String inputLine;
              StringBuilder content = new StringBuilder();
              while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
                  content.append(inputLine);
              }
              in.close();
              con.disconnect();

              System.out.println(content.toString());
          } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
      }
  }
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'net/http'
  require 'uri'

  uri = URI('https://api.autosend.com/v1/templates?templateType=transactional&limit=10')

  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
  http.use_ssl = true

  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
  request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer <token>'

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.body
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "success": true,
    "data": {
      "templates": [
        {
          "templateId": "A-abc123def456ghi789jk",
          "templateName": "Welcome Email",
          "description": "Welcome email for new users",
          "subject": "Welcome to Our Platform!",
          "previewText": "We're glad to have you on board",
          "templateType": "transactional",
          "builderType": "code",
          "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
          "updatedAt": "2026-02-20T14:45:00.000Z"
        },
        {
          "templateId": "A-lmn012opq345rst678uv",
          "templateName": "Password Reset",
          "description": "Password reset notification",
          "subject": "Reset Your Password",
          "previewText": "Click the link to reset your password",
          "templateType": "transactional",
          "builderType": "code",
          "createdAt": "2026-01-20T08:15:00.000Z",
          "updatedAt": "2026-03-01T11:20:00.000Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

### Authorizations

<ParamField path="Authorizations" type="string | header" required>
  Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer `<token>`, where `<token>` is your auth token.
</ParamField>

### Query Parameters

<ParamField path="templateType" type="string">
  Filter templates by type.

  Allowed values: `transactional`, `marketing`

  Example: `"transactional"`
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="limit" type="integer">
  Maximum number of templates to return.

  Range: `1` - `100`

  Example: `10`
</ParamField>

### Response

<span className="text-sm">Templates retrieved successfully</span>

<ResponseField name="success" type="boolean">
  Indicates if the request was successful

  Example: `true`
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data" type="object">
  <Expandable title="child attributes">
    <ResponseField name="data.templates" type="object[]">
      Array of template objects

      <Expandable title="child attributes">
        <ResponseField name="templateId" type="string">
          Unique template identifier

          Example: `"A-abc123def456ghi789jk"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="templateName" type="string">
          Name of the template

          Example: `"Welcome Email"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="description" type="string">
          Template description

          Example: `"Welcome email for new users"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="subject" type="string">
          Email subject line

          Example: `"Welcome to Our Platform!"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="previewText" type="string">
          Email preview text (preheader)

          Example: `"We're glad to have you on board"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="emailTemplate" type="string">
          HTML content of the template
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="plainTextTemplate" type="string">
          Plain text version of the template
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="templateType" type="string">
          Type of template: `transactional` or `marketing`

          Example: `"transactional"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="builderType" type="string">
          Builder used to create the template: `code` or `visual`

          Example: `"code"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="dynamicVariables" type="object">
          Dynamic variables used in the template
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="createdAt" type="string">
          ISO 8601 timestamp of creation

          Example: `"2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="updatedAt" type="string">
          ISO 8601 timestamp of last update

          Example: `"2026-02-20T14:45:00.000Z"`
        </ResponseField>
      </Expandable>
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>


## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /templates
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: AutoSend API
  description: AutoSend REST API for managing email templates
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.autosend.com/v1
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /templates:
    get:
      summary: List Templates
      description: >-
        Retrieves all templates for the authenticated project. Optionally filter
        by template type and limit the number of results.
components: {}

````

## Related topics

- [AutoSend MCP Server](/ai/mcp-server.md)
- [Lists](/marketing-emails/contacts/lists.md)
- [Migrate from Resend to AutoSend](/migration/resend.md)
- [Changelog](/changelog.md)
- [Migrate from SendGrid to AutoSend](/migration/sendgrid.md)