Clone endpoint for templates

[nickgi]

We are needing to duplicate a whole bunch of Email Templates into various languages (11 langs x 15 templates = 165 new templates). I noticed there’s no clone endpoint (like the one on email marketing) for templates in the api. Does anyone have a suggestion so I don’t need to create 165 templates via the UI?

[evaldas · Accepted solution]

Hi @nickgi,

Assuming you want to clone the drag-and-drop email templates, you can utilize the Content API for templates. There is no end point for cloning but you can retrieve template using the GET /content/api/v2/templates/{template-id} endpoint and then create your modified versions by using the POST /content/api/v2/templates.

You can get the id of your drag-and-drop template in the URL when editing that template.

Hope this helps!

[Teun]

Are we saying the same thing or did I miss something and can this be used to clone the templates under 'Library > Templates'?

[evaldas]

@Teun  looks like you posted a reply as I was typing mine 😁 We are saying almost the same thing - I think the only difference from your reply is that you actually may not need to rebuild it as a coded email template. The drag and drop templates technically get saved as coded email templates in the "@hubsopt" folder but they aren't accessible in the design manager. However, you can get them via the API if you know the ID of that template. 

[Teun]

Oh wow that is amazing! Great to know.

[Teun]

Hi @nickgi ,

I might have misunderstood your question, but there is an option to clone a marketing e-mail:

Or are you talking about the Saved marketing email templates? 

I don't think there is an API for that, but you could rebuild your saved template as a coded email template with drag-and-drop functionality and clone that programmatically through the templates API by making a GET request to the original and simply creating new ones through a POST request using the response of the GET request (might need some small changes). 

[nickgi]

Thanks for the reply. I specifically looking to clone templates under Library -> Templates. I was aware of the email marketing clone endpoint and it worked great. But now I need to clone the templates and couldn't find an endpoint.