Retrieve a template's draft

GET
/v1/email_templates/{id}/draft

The draft (version: null): what the next publish makes sends use. problems lists syntax errors and undeclared variables, which keep it from being published.

Authorization

bearerAuth
headerAuthorizationBearer <token>

A secret API key from the dashboard: coss_live_… for production environments, coss_test_… for sandbox environments.

Path Parameters

id*string

The template's id or alias.

Header Parameters

Coss-Version?"2026-10-10"

The API version (a date) to use for this request. Defaults to your organization's version, pinned to the latest one when it first used the API and upgraded from the dashboard. The SDK always sends the version it was built for.

Value in"2026-10-10"

Response Body

The draft.

application/json
  1. response
object*"email_template_version"
Value in"email_template_version"
template_id*string
version*|

The version number; null for the draft.

revision*integer

Counts the draft's saves. A published version keeps the revision it was published from.

default_locale*string
variables*array<>
sample_variables*
contents*array<>
problems*array<>

Syntax errors and undeclared variables per locale and field, which keep a draft from being published. Always empty for published versions.

published_at*|
Formatdate-time
created_at*string
Formatdate-time
updated_at*string
Formatdate-time
import { Coss } from "coss";const coss = new Coss({  apiKey: process.env.COSS_API_KEY,  baseUrl: "https://api.coss.com",});const { data, error } = await coss.email.templates.getDraft("etpl_01k7c8m4q2f3e9v6t5r1n0p8yz");
{  "object": "email_template_version",  "template_id": "etpl_01k7c8m4q2f3e9v6t5r1n0p8yz",  "version": 2,  "revision": 3,  "default_locale": "en",  "variables": [    {      "name": "first_name",      "type": "string",      "required": true    }  ],  "sample_variables": {    "first_name": "Ada"  },  "contents": [    {      "locale": "en",      "subject": "Welcome, {{first_name}}",      "html": "<p>Hi {{first_name}}, thanks for signing up!</p>",      "text": null    }  ],  "problems": [],  "published_at": "2026-10-10T12:00:00.000Z",  "created_at": "2026-10-10T12:00:00.000Z",  "updated_at": "2026-10-10T12:00:00.000Z"}