# List the broadcasts blocking a template delete

`GET /v1/email/templates/{template_ref}/broadcasts`

Returns the broadcasts that block deleting this template, as a cursor page, newest first. Those are the ones that have not started sending, so they have not pinned the content they will send: `scheduled` and `accepted`. Clear every one of them and the delete goes through. Canceling clears either status; repointing at another template only works while the broadcast is `scheduled`, because an `accepted` broadcast is committed to send and an edit returns a conflict. A broadcast that is already sending is not listed and does not block the delete, because it froze its version when it started.

## Code samples

### CLI

```sh
bird email templates broadcasts list <template-ref>
```

### cURL

```sh
curl -X GET "https://us1.platform.bird.com/v1/email/templates/{template_ref}/broadcasts" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --url-query "limit=25"
```

## Example response `200`

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "eb_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "status": "scheduled",
      "scheduled_at": "2026-07-03T09:00:00Z",
      "created_at": "2026-07-01T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJzIjoiXCIyMDI2LTA1LTI1VDE0OjAzOjEwWlwiIiwiaSI6IjAxOTJmM2IxLTRjN2UtN2EyYi05ZDYxLThmM2E1YzJlN2I0MCJ9",
  "prev_cursor": null,
  "refresh_cursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJzIjoiXCIyMDI2LTA1LTI1VDE2OjQyOjAxWlwiIiwiaSI6IjAxOTJmM2IxLTllMDQtN2NkMy1iODE3LTJhNmY0ZDFjOGUwOSJ9"
}
```

## Path parameters

- `template_ref` (string): The template's id (`emt_…`) or slug. A built-in `system` template's `bird_` slug also resolves here, but a system template can never be referenced by a broadcast, so this always returns an empty page for one.

## Query parameters

- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of items to return per page.
- `starting_after` (string): Cursor from the `next_cursor` field of a previous list response. Returns items immediately after the cursor position in the current sort order.
- `ending_before` (string): Cursor from the `prev_cursor` or `refresh_cursor` field of a previous list response. Returns items immediately before the cursor position in the current sort order. `prev_cursor` returns the preceding page. `refresh_cursor` anchors at the first row of that response, which on a newest-first sort is how to fetch the items that have appeared since.

## Response body

- `data` (array of object, required): Page of broadcasts blocking a delete of the template, newest first.
- `data.id` (string, required): Broadcast ID.
- `data.status` (string, required): Where the broadcast has got to. Only `scheduled` and `accepted` appear here: those are the two that have not pinned their content yet, so they are the ones blocking the delete. This list carries the status alone; the per-recipient totals live on the broadcast itself.
- `data.scheduled_at` (nullable string): When the broadcast is due to send, or null when it is not scheduled.
- `data.created_at` (string, required): When the broadcast was created.
- `next_cursor` (nullable string, required): Cursor for the next page. Pass back as `starting_after` to advance forward. `null` when no next page exists.
- `prev_cursor` (nullable string, required): Cursor for the previous page. Pass back as `ending_before` to step backward. `null` when no previous page exists.
- `refresh_cursor` (nullable string, required): Refresh anchor, the first row of this response. Pass back as `ending_before` to fetch what precedes it in the current sort order. On a newest-first sort those are the items that have appeared since; on any other sort they are the items that sort earlier, so refreshing such a list means re-fetching it instead. Non-`null` whenever `data` is non-empty; `null` only on an empty page. Distinct from `prev_cursor`.

## Related resources

- [How to build an email template](/learn/email/how-to-build-an-email-template) (video)
- [Email templates](/products/email/templates) (product)
- [Build your first integration](/learn/paths/integration) (course)
- [Email templates](/docs/guides/email/templates) (docs)

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