Modify templates

These endpoints allow you to create, update and delete templates directly through the API, instead of using the Template Editor.

POST Create template

https://get.renderform.io/api/v1/templates

Creates a new, empty template with the given name, size and editor.

Sample request

curl --request POST \
     --url https://get.renderform.io/api/v1/templates \
     --header 'X-API-KEY: <API_KEY>' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --data '{
        "name": "Instagram post",
        "width": 1080,
        "height": 1080,
        "editor": "html-editor",
        "tags": ["marketing", "instagram"]
     }'

Request body

• name (required) - name of the template
• width (required) - width of the template in pixels
• height (required) - height of the template in pixels
• editor (required) - html-editor, canvas-editor or canvas-html
• tags (optional) - tags assigned to the template, created automatically if they don't exist yet

PATCH Update template metadata

https://get.renderform.io/api/v2/my-templates/:templateId

Updates the name, size and/or tags of a template. Only the fields provided in the request body are changed.

Sample request

curl --request PATCH \
     --url https://get.renderform.io/api/v2/my-templates/<TEMPLATE_ID> \
     --header 'X-API-KEY: <API_KEY>' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --data '{
        "name": "Instagram post v2",
        "tags": ["marketing", "instagram"]
     }'

Request body

• name (optional) - new name of the template
• width (optional) - new width of the template in pixels
• height (optional) - new height of the template in pixels
• tags (optional) - replaces the full set of tags currently assigned to the template

DELETE Delete template

https://get.renderform.io/api/v2/my-templates/:templateId

Soft-deletes a template. The template is no longer returned by List templates or usable for rendering.

Sample request

curl --request DELETE \
     --url https://get.renderform.io/api/v2/my-templates/<TEMPLATE_ID> \
     --header 'X-API-KEY: <API_KEY>'

Get / update template content

These endpoints let you read and overwrite a template's raw content directly. Currently they only work for templates using the html-editor — calling them on a canvas-editor or canvas-html template returns a 400 error.

GET Endpoint

https://get.renderform.io/api/v2/my-templates/:templateId/html-editor

curl --request GET \
     --url https://get.renderform.io/api/v2/my-templates/<TEMPLATE_ID>/html-editor \
     --header 'X-API-KEY: <API_KEY>'

Sample response

{
  "html": "<div class=\"center-me\">\n  <h1>{{title}}</h1>\n</div>",
  "css": "body {\n  font-family: 'Helvetica';\n}\n",
  "sampleData": {
    "title": "My HTML Template",
    "pills": ["Design", "Automate", "Scale"]
  }
}

• html - HTML markup of the template
• css - CSS styles of the template
• sampleData - sample values (as a JSON object) used to preview merge fields in the editor

PUT Endpoint

https://get.renderform.io/api/v2/my-templates/:templateId/html-editor

curl --request PUT \
     --url https://get.renderform.io/api/v2/my-templates/<TEMPLATE_ID>/html-editor \
     --header 'X-API-KEY: <API_KEY>' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --data '{
        "html": "<div class=\"center-me\">\n  <h1>{{title}}</h1>\n</div>",
        "css": "body {\n  font-family: '\''Helvetica'\'';\n}\n",
        "sampleData": {
          "title": "My HTML Template",
          "pills": ["Design", "Automate", "Scale"]
        }
     }'

Request body

• html (required) - HTML markup to store for the template
• css (optional) - CSS styles to store for the template
• sampleData (optional) - sample values (as a JSON object) used to preview merge fields

The response has the same shape as the GET endpoint and reflects what was actually persisted.