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# Get a template

GET https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/templates/{id}

Returns a template's metadata plus a signed `downloadUrl` for the stored bytes, valid for about an hour.

PDFs report `kind: "pdf-form"` — those are the ones [inspect](https://docs.cloudraker.com/api/cloud-raker-api/templates/inspect-template) can enumerate fields for.

**Learn more:** [Form filling guide](https://docs.cloudraker.com/capabilities/fill)

Reference: https://docs.cloudraker.com/paperwork/api/templates/get-template

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `id` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

The template.

- `object` ("template", required)
- `id` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `mimeType` (string, required)
- `status` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `uploading`, `processing`, `ready`, `failed`
- `createdAt` (string, required)
- `kind` (string, optional)
- `downloadUrl` (string, optional)
- `uploadUrl` (string, optional)
- `uploadExpiresAt` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "object": "string",
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "mimeType": "string",
  "status": "uploading",
  "createdAt": "string",
  "kind": "string",
  "downloadUrl": "string",
  "uploadUrl": "string",
  "uploadExpiresAt": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```typescript
import { CloudRakerClient } from "@cloudraker/api";

async function main() {
    const client = new CloudRakerClient({
        token: "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
    });
    await client.templates.getTemplate({
        id: "id",
    });
}
main();

```

```python
from cloudraker import CloudRaker

client = CloudRaker(
    token="YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
)

client.templates.get_template(
    id="id",
)

```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/templates/id"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/templates/id")

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

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

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/templates/id")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/templates/id', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/templates/id");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/templates/id")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```