---
title: "bird compliance document-templates get"
description: "Download a blank registration form"
canonical: "https://bird.com/docs/cli/reference/compliance-document-templates-get"
---

# `bird compliance document-templates get`

## Usage

```bash
bird compliance document-templates get <template-id> [flags]
```

## Description

Download the blank form a registration requirement names in its `template_url`,
as a PDF, Word document, JPEG or PNG. Read the requirement with
`bird compliance requirements` to find the template id: the last segment of a
`template_url` of the form /v1/compliance/document-templates/cmt\_…. An older
requirement can carry the form's own file URL there instead; fetch that URL as it is.

The bytes are written to --output when set, and stdout then carries a JSON receipt
with the form's content type and filename, so the file can be renamed to match.
Without --output the bytes go to stdout:

bird compliance document-templates get cmt\_123 --output form

## Examples

```bash
bird compliance document-templates get <template-id> --output form
```

## Options

| Name           | Description                                    |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `--output, -o` | Write the bytes to this file instead of stdout |

## Related resources

- [Should I use a Bird SDK or call the API directly?](/explained/platform/should-i-use-an-sdk-or-call-the-api-directly) (answer)
- [Build your first integration](/learn/paths/integration) (course)
- [Send your first email](/docs/get-started/send-your-first-email) (docs)

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