> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.vobiz.ai/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Retrieve a template > Returns one template as stored on your account, including the `content` you submitted. For the latest approval state from the RCS platform, call `GET /senders/{senderId}/templates/{templateName}/status`. ## OpenAPI ````yaml openapi-sms.yaml GET /senders/{senderId}/templates/{templateName} openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Vobiz Messaging API description: > Send and receive SMS, MMS and RCS messages, buy messaging numbers, register for US 10DLC and toll-free, run broadcasts, manage conversations, opt-outs and webhooks. **Base URL:** `https://api.vobiz.ai/api/v1/sms` **Authentication:** every request needs the `X-Auth-ID` and `X-Auth-Token` headers. The account is taken from your credentials; you never put an account ID in a path or body. Field names in this API are camelCase. version: '1.0' contact: email: support@vobiz.ai url: https://vobiz.ai servers: - url: https://api.vobiz.ai/api/v1/sms description: Production security: - AuthID: [] AuthToken: [] tags: - name: Messages description: Send messages and inspect their delivery state. - name: Numbers description: >- Messaging-capable numbers on your account, inventory search, purchase and release. - name: Coverage description: Where you can send, per country. - name: Conversations description: Two-way threads between one of your numbers and a contact. - name: Opt-outs description: Numbers that must not receive messages on a channel. - name: Webhooks description: Subscriptions that deliver message and broadcast events to your server. - name: Broadcasts description: Bulk sends from an uploaded recipient list. - name: RCS Senders description: RCS sender (agent) identities and their message templates. - name: 10DLC Brands description: US 10DLC brand registration. - name: 10DLC Campaigns description: US 10DLC campaigns, toll-free verification and supporting documents. paths: /senders/{senderId}/templates/{templateName}: parameters: - name: senderId in: path required: true description: >- The `id` (UUID) of the RCS sender that owns the templates. An unknown sender returns `sender not found`. schema: type: string format: uuid example: 5d7f9b1c-3e5a-4c7e-9f1b-3d5f7a9c1e3b - name: templateName in: path required: true description: >- The template's `templateName`, exactly as you set it when you created the template on this sender. schema: type: string example: appointment_reminder get: tags: - RCS Senders summary: Retrieve a template description: >- Returns one template as stored on your account, including the `content` you submitted. For the latest approval state from the RCS platform, call `GET /senders/{senderId}/templates/{templateName}/status`. An unknown sender or template returns `404`. operationId: get-template responses: '200': description: The template. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Template' example: id: c2e4a6b8-1d3f-4a5c-9e7b-6f8d0a2c4e61 senderId: 7a1c3e5f-9b2d-4c6e-8f0a-1b3d5e7f9a21 accountId: MA_XXXXXXXX provider: YOUR_ROUTING_IDENTIFIER templateName: order-shipped type: TEXT status: pending content: text: Your order {{orderId}} has shipped and arrives on {{eta}}. createdAt: '2026-10-12T10:30:00Z' updatedAt: '2026-10-12T10:30:00Z' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '404': description: The sender or the template does not exist on your account. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' examples: sender: value: error: sender not found template: value: error: template not found x-codeSamples: - lang: typescript label: Node SDK source: > import { VobizClient } from "@vobiz/sdk"; const client = new VobizClient({ apiKey: "MA_XXXXXXXX", authToken: "YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN" }); await client.sms.rcsSenders.getTemplate({ senderId: "5d7f9b1c-3e5a-4c7e-9f1b-3d5f7a9c1e3b", templateName: "appointment_reminder" }) - lang: python label: Python SDK source: | from vobiz import Vobiz client = Vobiz(api_key="MA_XXXXXXXX", auth_token="YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN") client.sms.rcs_senders.get_template( sender_id="5d7f9b1c-3e5a-4c7e-9f1b-3d5f7a9c1e3b", template_name="appointment_reminder", ) - lang: go label: Go SDK source: | import ( "context" vobiz "github.com/vobiz-ai/Vobiz-Go-SDK" "github.com/vobiz-ai/Vobiz-Go-SDK/client" "github.com/vobiz-ai/Vobiz-Go-SDK/option" "github.com/vobiz-ai/Vobiz-Go-SDK/sms" ) c := client.NewClient( option.WithAPIKey("MA_XXXXXXXX"), option.WithAuthToken("YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN"), ) request := &sms.GetTemplateRequest{ SenderID: "5d7f9b1c-3e5a-4c7e-9f1b-3d5f7a9c1e3b", TemplateName: "appointment_reminder", } c.Sms.RcsSenders.GetTemplate( context.TODO(), request, ) - lang: java label: Java SDK source: | import com.vobiz.api.VobizApiClient; VobizApiClient client = VobizApiClient .builder() .apiKey("MA_XXXXXXXX") .authToken("YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN") .build(); client.sms().rcsSenders().getTemplate( "5d7f9b1c-3e5a-4c7e-9f1b-3d5f7a9c1e3b", "appointment_reminder", GetTemplateRequest .builder() .build() ); - lang: ruby label: Ruby SDK source: > require 'vobiz' client = Vobiz::Client.new(api_key: 'MA_XXXXXXXX', auth_token: 'YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN') client.sms.rcs_senders.get_template( sender_id: "5d7f9b1c-3e5a-4c7e-9f1b-3d5f7a9c1e3b", template_name: "appointment_reminder" ) - lang: csharp label: C# SDK source: | using Vobiz; using Vobiz.Sms; var client = new VobizApiClient("YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN", "MA_XXXXXXXX"); await client.Sms.RcsSenders.GetTemplateAsync( new GetTemplateRequest { SenderId = "5d7f9b1c-3e5a-4c7e-9f1b-3d5f7a9c1e3b", TemplateName = "appointment_reminder", } ); - lang: php label: PHP SDK source: > sms->rcsSenders->getTemplate( '5d7f9b1c-3e5a-4c7e-9f1b-3d5f7a9c1e3b', 'appointment_reminder', ); components: schemas: Template: type: object description: >- A message template registered on an RCS sender, with the approval status reported by the RCS platform. properties: id: type: string format: uuid example: c2e4a6b8-1d3f-4a5c-9e7b-6f8d0a2c4e61 description: >- Unique identifier of the template on Vobiz (UUID). Template endpoints address templates by `templateName` instead. senderId: type: string format: uuid description: The `id` of the RCS sender the template belongs to. example: 7a1c3e5f-9b2d-4c6e-8f0a-1b3d5e7f9a21 accountId: type: string example: MA_XXXXXXXX description: Your Vobiz account ID (`MA_...`) that owns the template. provider: type: string description: Internal routing identifier; do not rely on its value. example: YOUR_ROUTING_IDENTIFIER templateName: type: string description: >- Unique name of the template on its sender. Used in the path of every template endpoint. example: order-shipped type: type: string description: Template type as defined by the RCS platform. status: type: string default: pending description: >- Approval status reported by the RCS platform, stored on your account. `pending` until the platform reports otherwise. Call `GET /senders/{senderId}/templates/{templateName}/status` to refresh it. example: pending content: type: object description: The template content exactly as you submitted it. additionalProperties: true createdAt: type: string format: date-time example: '2026-10-12T10:30:00Z' description: When the template was created on your account (ISO 8601, UTC). updatedAt: type: string format: date-time example: '2026-10-12T10:30:00Z' description: >- When the template last changed, including status refreshes (ISO 8601, UTC). Error: type: object description: >- The body of every error response: a flat object with one `error` string that explains what went wrong. Use the HTTP status code to decide how to handle the error, and log `error` for diagnosis. required: - error properties: error: type: string example: 'recipient has opted out: +14155550123' description: >- Human-readable explanation of the error, for example `phoneNumber is required` or `recipient has opted out: +14155550123`. Branch on the HTTP status code rather than on this text. responses: Unauthorized: description: Missing or invalid `X-Auth-ID` / `X-Auth-Token`. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: missing or invalid credentials securitySchemes: AuthID: type: apiKey in: header name: X-Auth-ID description: Your Vobiz account Auth ID (`MA_XXXXXXXX`). AuthToken: type: apiKey in: header name: X-Auth-Token description: Your Vobiz account Auth Token. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.