# GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate
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Retrieves a specific WhatsApp message template.

## Request Syntax
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```
GET /v1/whatsapp/template?id=id&metaTemplateId=metaTemplateId HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [id](#API_GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="Social-GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate-request-uri-id"></a>
The ID of the WhatsApp Business Account associated with this template.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 115.  
Pattern: `.*(^waba-.*$)|(^arn:.*:waba/[0-9a-zA-Z]+$).*`   
Required: Yes

 ** [metaTemplateId](#API_GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="Social-GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate-request-uri-metaTemplateId"></a>
The numeric ID of the template assigned by Meta.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `[0-9]+`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "template": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [template](#API_GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="Social-GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate-response-template"></a>
The complete template definition as a JSON string (maximum 6000 characters).  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 6000.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** DependencyException **   
Thrown when performing an action because a dependency would be broken.  
HTTP Status Code: 502

 ** InternalServiceException **   
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception, or failure.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidParametersException **   
One or more parameters provided to the action are not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The resource was not found.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottledRequestException **   
The request was denied due to request throttling.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The request contains an invalid parameter value.   
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/socialmessaging-2024-01-01/GetWhatsAppMessageTemplate)