Search SMS Template API

The Search SMS Template API can be used to look up the SMS templates created in your MoEngage account.

API Endpoint

POST https://api-0X.moengage.com/v1.0/custom-templates/sms/search

Each customer is hosted on a different data center; you can find your data center number (value of X) by checking the data center and API endpoint mapping page.

Authentication

The API request will be authenticated through Basic Authentication. Basic Authentication sends a Base64-encoded string containing your username and password with every API request. It encodes a 'username:password' string in Base64 and appends the encoded string with 'Basic '. This string is included in the authorization header as shown below:

{"Authorization":"Basic bmF2ZWVua3VtYXI6bW9lbmdhZ2U="}

The username and password details can be obtained from the MoEngage Dashboard. We've revamped the settings UI in the Dashboard. If you're using the API for the first time, follow these steps for the revamped and old UIs:

Revamped UI

Navigate to Settings -> Account -> APIs.
Click the Copy icon in the Campaign report/Business events/Custom templates tile in the API Keys section to copy the API Key.
Use the App ID as the username and the Push API Key as the password to generate the authentication header.

Old UI

Navigate to Settings -> APIs -> TRANSACTION PUSH/REPORT Settings.
Click on the Click here to show APP Secret link to view the API SECRET.
Use the APP ID as the username and the API SECRET as the password to generate the authentication header.

Request Headers

Key	Required	Sample Values	Description
Content-Type	Required	{"Content-Type": "application/json"}	Set the Content-Type header to application/json.
Authorization	Required	{"Authorization": "Basic bmF2ZWVua3VtYXI6bW9lbmdhZ2U=="}	This authentication parameter, used for access control, must be passed along with the request. To generate the authentication header, refer to Authentication.

Request Body

Key	Required	Values	Description
page	Optional	Integer	This field contains the index of the pages to be returned in the search result.
entries	Optional	Integer	This field contains the number of entries per page in the search result.
template_name	Optional	String	This field indicates the name of the template. When this value is specified, the template that matches the name specified in this field will be returned.
template_source	Optional	List of Strings	This field indicates the template source that created the template. For example: ["API", "MOENGAGE"]. When specified, the templates whose source matches that specified in this list will be returned.
template_type	Optional	List of Strings	This field indicates whether the template is a custom one or a pre-built one. Allowed values: CUSTOM, PRE_BUILT. When specified, the templates whose template type matches that specified in this list will be returned.
created_by	Optional	List of Strings	This field indicates the user who created the template. When specified, the templates for which the created_by user information matches that specified in this list will be returned. Example: ["user1@moengage.com", "user2@moengage.com"]
updated_by	Optional	List of Strings	This field indicates the user who updated the template. When specified, the templates for which the updated_by user information matches that specified in this list will be returned. Example: ["user1@moengage.com", "user2@moengage.com"]
sort_params	Optional	List of attributes and sort orders	This field indicates the sorting parameters for the search result and the sort order. Example: "sort_params":[{"template_name": "ASCENDING","last_modified_date": "ASCENDING","last_modified_by": "ASCENDING"}]
template_ids	Optional	List of template ids	This field indicates the list of the template ids that must be fetched. When this value is specified, the template that matches the id specified in this field will be returned. Example: "template_ids":[{"external_template_id": "e1c95cb8-4f15-4f22-ae73-e9f47c9925c8", "version": 1}]

Note:

You can send empty filters to fetch all the SMS templates.
You can send only template_ids if you want specific older versions of the SMS template. In other cases, you will receive the latest version of the template.

Response

Key	Data Type	Description
data	Array of JSON Objecys	This field contains the list of SMS templates that satisfy the search criteria. "data": [ { "external_template_id": "<template_id>", "version": 1, "basic_details": {"message":"<SMS to be sent to the user>"}, "meta_info": {<teamplate's meta info>}, "created_by": "<created by user name>", "created_at": "<timestamp>", "updated_by": "<created by user name>", "updated_at": "<timestamp>" } {...} ] For information about the basic_details and meta_info objects, refer to Template Details.
title	String	This field contains a brief description of the error.
description	String	This field contains a description of the error.
code	String	This field contains the error code.
message	String	This field contains the error message.

Response Codes

Status Code	Request State	Description
200	Success	This response is returned when the request is processed successfully.
400	Bad Request	This response is returned when the required parameters are missing from the request or when the provided parameters are invalid, or when a template already exists with the same version, name, or id.
429	Rate Limit Breach	This response is returned when the number of requests per minute has exceeded the rate limit.
5xx	Internal Server Error	This response is returned when the system runs into an unexpected error.

Rate Limit

The rate limit is 100 RPM.

Sample cURL Request

curl --location 'https://api-{{0X}}.moengage.com/v1.0/custom-templates/sms/search' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic e3tBUFBfSUR9fTp7e0FQSV9TRUNSRVR9fQ==' \
--data-raw '{
    "page": 1,
    "entries": 10,
    "template_name": "NAME_OF_THE_TEMPLATE(PARTIAL SEARCH)/ID_OF_TEMPLATE",
    "template_source": ["API","MOENGAGE"],
    "template_type": ["CUSTOM", "PRE_BUILT"],
    "created_by": ["user1@moengage.com", "user2@moengage.com"],
    "updated_by": ["user1@moengage.com", "user2@moengage.com"],
    "sort_params": [{"template_name/last_modified_date/last_modified_by": "ASCENDING/DESCENDING"}],
    "template_ids": [{"external_template_id": "ID_OF_TEMPLATE", "version": 1}]
}'

Sample Response

Sample Response for a successful request
{
  "data": [
  {
      "external_template_id": "b564524f-aa08-4149-a498-dbde0b7b3740",
      "version": 1,
      "basic_details": {
         "message": "Sample SMS Template message"
       },
      "meta_info": {
        "template_id": "CCIJASDA12345",
        "template_name": "CouponCodeTemplate1",
        "template_version": "1",
        "created_by": "Jane Doe",
        "channel": "SMS",
        "template_type": "CUSTOM"
      },
      "created_by": "Jane Doe",
      "created_at": "2023-02-27T12:33:05.575000",
      "updated_by": "John Doe",
      "updated_at": "2023-02-27T12:33:05.575000"
  }
  ]
}

Sample Response for Invalid Field Value in Request
{
   "title": "Invalid Field Value",
   "description": "Some of the field values are invalid",
   "code": "nGpUNpDQ"
}

Sample Response for server side errors
{ 
    "title": "Internal Server Error",
    "message": "An unexpected error was encountered while processing this request. Please contact MoEngage Team"
}

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