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# Update an email template

> Updates one or more template fields.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/generated/email/templates.yml patch /email_templates/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@telnyx.com
  description: API for managing email templates and rendering.
  title: Telnyx Email Templates API
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.telnyx.com/v2
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /email_templates/{id}:
    patch:
      tags:
        - Email Templates
      summary: Update an email template
      description: Updates one or more template fields.
      operationId: UpdateEmailTemplate
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TemplateId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateEmailTemplateRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Template updated.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmailTemplateResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/email_UnauthorizedResponse'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/email_NotFoundResponse'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
components:
  parameters:
    TemplateId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Email template UUID.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  schemas:
    UpdateEmailTemplateRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9 _-]+$
        subject:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Liquid template subject.
        html_body:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Liquid template HTML body.
        text_body:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Liquid template text body.
        variables:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    EmailTemplateResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmailTemplate'
      required:
        - data
    EmailTemplate:
      type: object
      properties:
        record_type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - email_template
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        subject:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        html_body:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        text_body:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        variables:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      required:
        - record_type
        - id
        - name
        - subject
        - html_body
        - text_body
        - variables
        - created_at
        - updated_at
    email_ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorObject'
        suppressed:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Present when every recipient is suppressed, so the request is
            rejected and no message is created.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuppressedRecipient'
      required:
        - errors
    ErrorObject:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Telnyx error code. Edge idempotency errors use 10027 or 10036.
            Fallback 404/500 responses from the framework may use string status
            codes ('404', '500') instead.
          enum:
            - '10001'
            - '10006'
            - '10007'
            - '10015'
            - '10016'
            - '10019'
            - recipient_suppressed
            - reputation_suspended
            - '404'
            - '500'
            - '10027'
            - '10036'
        title:
          type: string
        detail:
          description: >-
            Human-readable error detail. Changeset responses may return a
            structured object.
          oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: object
              additionalProperties: true
        source:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          additionalProperties: true
        meta:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Additional metadata. Present on 401 errors with a documentation URL.
      required:
        - code
        - title
        - detail
    SuppressedRecipient:
      type: object
      properties:
        to:
          type: string
          format: email
          description: Suppressed recipient email address.
        reason:
          type: string
          description: Suppression reason returned by the recipient suppression service.
        scope:
          type: string
          description: Scope at which the suppression applies.
        override_allowed:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether an authorized send may override this suppression.
      required:
        - to
        - reason
        - scope
        - override_allowed
  responses:
    email_UnauthorizedResponse:
      description: Not authorized (10006).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_ErrorResponse'
          example:
            errors:
              - code: '10006'
                title: Not authorized
                detail: Invalid API key
                meta:
                  url: https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/overview/errors/10006
    email_NotFoundResponse:
      description: Resource not found (10001).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_ErrorResponse'
          example:
            errors:
              - code: '10001'
                title: Not Found
                detail: The requested resource was not found
    ValidationErrorResponse:
      description: Validation Failed (10015) or changeset validation error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_ErrorResponse'
          example:
            errors:
              - code: '10015'
                title: Validation Failed
                detail: subject can't be blank
                source:
                  pointer: /data/attributes/subject
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````