# Create Template

This operation allows you to create a new template by providing the necessary template details.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.0.3",
  "info": {
    "title": "PandaDoc Public API",
    "description": "PandaDoc API spans a broad range of functionality to help you build incredible documents automation experiences inside your product.\n\nPandaDoc API is organized around REST. Our API has predictable resource-oriented URLs and uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs.\n\n## Getting started\n\nYou can start testing PandaDoc API with a sandbox key on our [Enterprise](https://www.pandadoc.com/pricing/) plan, either active or in trial.\n\nGenerate your [sandbox key](https://developers.pandadoc.com/reference/sandbox-key) on the Developer Dashboard with predefined [rate limits](https://developers.pandadoc.com/reference/limits). Or contact our solutions expert if you work with high-transaction volumes.\n\n## Guides\n\nIf you’re just getting started with PandaDoc, you may want to jump straight into one of our [getting started guides](https://developers.pandadoc.com/docs/getting-started) for the feature you’re most interested in, whether that’s:\n\n- [Create from template](https://developers.pandadoc.com/docs/create-send-document),\n- [Upload and send a local PDF](https://developers.pandadoc.com/docs/upload-and-send-a-local-pdf),\n- or [Listening for changes in document status](https://developers.pandadoc.com/docs/listen-document-status-changes).\n\nWe also recommend you to discover our dynamic content generation on a fly: [Create from a template with content placeholder](https://developers.pandadoc.com/docs/create-with-content-placeholders-from-template).\n",
    "termsOfService": "https://www.pandadoc.com/master-services-agreement/",
    "contact": {
      "name": "PandaDoc API Support",
      "url": "https://developers.pandadoc.com/",
      "email": "api-track@pandadoc.com"
    },
    "license": {
      "name": "MIT",
      "url": "https://github.com/PandaDoc/pandadoc-openapi-specification/blob/main/LICENSE"
    },
    "version": "7.18.2"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.pandadoc.com",
      "description": "Public API"
    }
  ],
  "security": [
    {
      "apiKey": []
    },
    {
      "oauth2": []
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Templates",
      "description": "Operations for managing templates, including listing, creating, and deleting templates."
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/public/v1/templates": {
      "post": {
        "tags": [
          "Templates"
        ],
        "summary": "Create Template",
        "description": "This operation allows you to create a new template by providing the necessary template details.",
        "operationId": "createTemplate",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "fields",
            "description": "A comma-separated list of additional fields to include in the response.",
            "in": "query",
            "schema": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "content_date_modified"
                ]
              }
            },
            "style": "form",
            "explode": false,
            "example": [
              "content_date_modified"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "required": true,
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateTemplateFromUrlRequest"
              },
              "examples": {
                "Create Template": {
                  "value": {
                    "name": "Sample Template",
                    "folder_uuid": "EE8yUNg5HztqVAuH85He8V",
                    "owner": {
                      "email": "john.doe@example.com"
                    },
                    "metadata": {
                      "my_favorite_pet": "Panda"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "201": {
            "description": "OK",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TemplateCreateResponse"
                },
                "examples": {
                  "Create Template": {
                    "value": {
                      "id": "va9aNuj3uX2w9M7uytn967",
                      "name": "Sample Template",
                      "date_created": "2024-07-08T14:41:42.625906Z",
                      "date_modified": "2024-07-08T14:41:42.700084Z",
                      "version": "2"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/400ValidationError"
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/401"
          },
          "429": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/429"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "apiKey": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "name": "Authorization",
        "in": "header",
        "description": "The `Authorization` header must contain the API key. The value should be prefixed with `API-Key` followed by a space and the actual API key.\n",
        "x-default": "API-Key 3039ba033eb1410caa0a2227158d63c9d6502cd8"
      },
      "oauth2": {
        "type": "oauth2",
        "flows": {
          "authorizationCode": {
            "authorizationUrl": "https://app.pandadoc.com/oauth2/authorize",
            "tokenUrl": "https://api.pandadoc.com/oauth2/access_token",
            "refreshUrl": "https://api.pandadoc.com/oauth2/access_token",
            "scopes": {
              "read+write": "Use `read+write` to create, send, delete, and download documents, and `read` to view templates and document details."
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "Send the authenticating user to the PandaDoc OAuth2 request URL. We recommend a button or a link titled\n\"Connect to PandaDoc\" if you are connecting users from a custom application. Users will see the \"Authorize Application\" screen.\nWhen the user clicks \"Authorize\", PandaDoc redirects the user back to your site with an authorization code inside the URL.\n\nhttps://app.pandadoc.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id={client_id}&redirect_uri={redirect_uri}&scope=read+write&response_type=code\n\n`client_id` and `redirect_uri` values should match your application settings.\n"
      }
    },
    "schemas": {
      "TemplateCreateResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "iMymdDd9XFD3HyxP5VD67Q"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "Blank"
          },
          "date_created": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "example": "2021-06-17T15:51:13.226974Z"
          },
          "date_modified": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "example": "2021-06-17T15:51:13.326974Z"
          },
          "version": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "2"
          },
          "content_date_modified": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "example": "2021-06-17T15:51:13.426974Z"
          }
        }
      },
      "Tokens": {
        "type": "array",
        "description": "Create or initialize multiple CUSTOM variables with their values using tokens/values list. Template's predefined variables are read-only. Any attempts to do so will be ignored.",
        "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "name": {
              "type": "string",
              "example": "Favorite.Pet"
            },
            "value": {
              "type": "string",
              "example": "Panda"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "name",
            "value"
          ]
        },
        "example": [
          {
            "name": "Favorite.Pet",
            "value": "Panda"
          }
        ]
      },
      "CreateTemplateRequest": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The name of the template.",
            "example": "Template name example"
          },
          "folder_uuid": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The ID of the folder where the created template should be stored.",
            "example": "EE8yUNg5HztqVAuH85He8V"
          },
          "owner": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "You can set an owner of a template as an `email` or `membership_id`.",
            "properties": {
              "membership_id": {
                "type": "string",
                "example": "QMDSzwabfFzTgjW6KijHyu"
              },
              "email": {
                "type": "string",
                "format": "email",
                "example": "john.doe@example.com"
              }
            }
          },
          "metadata": {
            "type": "object",
            "nullable": true,
            "description": "You can pass arbitrary data in the key-value format to associate custom information with a template. This information is returned in any API requests for the template details by id.",
            "example": {
              "my_favorite_pet": "Panda"
            }
          },
          "tokens": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Tokens"
          }
        }
      },
      "CreateTemplateFromUrlRequest": {
        "allOf": [
          {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "url": {
                "type": "string",
                "example": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf",
                "description": "Secure (HTTPS) and publicly accessible URL to the PDF document."
              }
            }
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateTemplateRequest"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "401": {
        "description": "Authentication error",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "example": "authentication_error"
                },
                "detail": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "example": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "429": {
        "description": "Too Many Requests",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "example": "throttled"
                },
                "detail": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "example": "Request was throttled."
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "400ValidationError": {
        "description": "Bad Request",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "example": "validation_error"
                },
                "detail": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "example": {
                    "count": [
                      "A valid integer is required."
                    ],
                    "order_by": [
                      "value is not a valid choice."
                    ]
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```