# Retrieve a Template

You can retrieve the properties of the Cubes template specified by its ID.

## Endpoint

Use the following endpoint for templates: `https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6/templates/`

## Request

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**Note:** The following request contains sample values. Remember to replace them with the relevant information.
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```bash
curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6/templates/{templateId}' \
  -H 'accept: application/json'
```

To make authenticated requests to the API, the following fields are mandatory in the request header:

| **Name**     | **Type** | **Description**                                    |
| ------------ | :------: | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `v6`         |  string  | The API version.                                   |
| `templates`  |  string  | Template attributes: ID, metadata, and properties. |
| `templateId` |  string  | The unique template ID.                            |

## Response

A **200** message confirms that the desired template details are fetched.

```json
{
  "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
  "type": "template",
  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
  "metadata": {
    "etag": "45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3",
    "createdDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
    "createdBy": "user@example.com",
    "createdByUserId": "user@example.com",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": "user@example.com",
    "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
    "state": "AVAILABLE"
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "My resource",
    "cores": 2,
    "ram": 2048,
    "storageSize": 10,
    "category": "Template category"
  }
}
```