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List SMS templates

GET
/v1/sms/templates
for await (const tpl of bird.smsTemplates.list({ scope: "system" })) {
  console.log(tpl.id, tpl.slug);
}
Response200
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "smt_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "workspace_id": "ws_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "slug": "welcome-email",
      "scope": "system",
      "status": "active",
      "category": "transactional",
      "draft_version_id": "smv_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "live_version_id": "smv_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "published_version_id": "smv_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "default_language": "pt-BR",
      "available_languages": [
        "pt-BR"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJzIjoiXCIyMDI2LTA1LTI1VDE0OjAzOjEwWlwiIiwiaSI6IjAxOTJmM2IxLTRjN2UtN2EyYi05ZDYxLThmM2E1YzJlN2I0MCJ9",
  "prev_cursor": null,
  "refresh_cursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJzIjoiXCIyMDI2LTA1LTI1VDE2OjQyOjAxWlwiIiwiaSI6IjAxOTJmM2IxLTllMDQtN2NkMy1iODE3LTJhNmY0ZDFjOGUwOSJ9"
}
Returns SMS templates as a cursor-paginated list. The workspace's templates come first, newest first, followed by our built-in templates by default. Set order=asc to reverse this order.
Filter by scope, category, status, or language. Use q for a case-insensitive substring match against slug, name, and description. The response is shallow; read a version to retrieve its content and variables.
Query Parameters
scope
string
Filter by who owns the template. Use system for built-in templates and workspace for templates your workspace created.
Possible values: system, workspace
category
string
Return templates in this category.
Possible values: transactional, marketing, authentication
status
string
Return templates with this lifecycle status.
Possible values: draft, pending, active, rejected, inactive
language
string
Return templates whose published content contains this language, after the tag is canonicalized. Draft-only languages do not match.
q
string
A case-insensitive substring search across slug, name, and description.
sort
string
Field to sort by.
Possible values: created_at
order
string
Sort direction. Defaults to desc, which sorts from newest to oldest or largest to smallest, depending on the selected sort field.
Possible values: asc, desc
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 Payload
data
array of object
required
One page of SMS templates.
Show child attributes
data.id
string
required
Template ID.
data.workspace_id
nullable string
required
The workspace that owns the template. Null for a built-in system template.
data.slug
string
required
The immutable handle used to address and send the template.
data.name
string
required
The template's display name.
data.description
nullable string
required
What the template is for. Null if it has no description.
data.scope
string
required
Whether the template is one of our built-in templates (system) or one your workspace created (workspace).
Possible values: system, workspace
data.status
string
required
Where the template stands as a whole. The same five states on every channel.
  • draft: nothing has ever gone live.
  • pending: nothing is live and at least one language is in review.
  • active: at least one language is live, so something can be sent.
  • rejected: it was reviewed and every language was refused.
  • inactive: nothing is live and nothing is in review, so content was withdrawn or was blocked before anything went live.
A template with one language live is active even while another is still drafted or refused. Read languages for the state of each language and its reason.
Which values a channel reports follows its review model. A channel whose content a third party reviews uses all five. On email and SMS, where content goes live on publish, a template is draft, active or inactive, and pending and rejected are reserved for the review stage coming to both, so a template reaching either is not a breaking change.
Possible values: draft, pending, active, rejected, inactive
data.category
string
required
Why messages use this template. Use authentication for one-time codes, marketing for promotions, and transactional for service messages.
Possible values: transactional, marketing, authentication
data.draft_version_id
nullable string
required
The permanent editable draft version. Null for a built-in template.
data.live_version_id
nullable string
required
The version sends resolve to, or null before first publication.
data.published_version_id
nullable string
required
Deprecated. Use live_version_id, which carries the same value.
data.languages
object
required
Each language and its live or draft state, keyed by canonical BCP-47 tag.
data.default_language
string
required
The draft's default language.
data.available_languages
array of string
required
Languages the live version can currently send. Empty before first publication.
data.last_submitted_at
nullable string
required
When the template was last published. Null before first publication and for built-in templates.
data.created_at
nullable string
required
When the template was created. Null for built-in templates.
data.updated_at
nullable string
required
When the template was last modified. Null for built-in templates.
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.

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