---
title: "Get Namespace Template"
method: GET
path: "/v1/templates/namespaces/{template_id}"
tags: ["Templates", "Namespace Templates"]
---

# Get Namespace Template

`GET /v1/templates/namespaces/{template_id}`

Get namespace template details.

## Path parameters

- `template_id` string, required — Template ID

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- BaseTemplateModel — Base template model with common fields for all template types. This model is stored in MongoDB and supports three template scopes: - System: Mixpeek defaults (all orgs) - Organization: All users in the org - User: Only the creator
  - `template_id` string, required — Unique template identifier (e.g., 'tmpl_semantic_search')
  - `template_type` 'namespace' | 'retriever' | 'cluster' | 'collection' | 'bucket' | 'taxonomy' | 'scaffold', required — Types of resources that can be templated.
  - `mode` 'scaffold' | 'config' | 'clone' — Mode of template instantiation. scaffold: Create from pre-built preset - Creates: namespace + bucket + collection + retriever - Endpoint: POST /templates/scaffolds/{id}/instantiate - All resources empty, ready for data config: Copy resource configuration only - Creates: empty resource with same settings - Endpoint: POST /templates/{resource}/{id}/instantiate - No data copied clone: Copy resource with all data - Creates: full copy including vectors/embeddings - Endpoint: POST /namespaces/{id}/clone - For config-only, use templates instead
  - `scope` 'system' | 'organization' | 'user' | 'public', required — Scope of template availability. system: Mixpeek-provided, available to all orgs organization: Private to org members user: Private to creator only public: User-created, discoverable by all orgs (marketplace)
  - `internal_id` string, required — Organization internal ID. For system templates, use 'system'. For org templates, use the actual internal_id.
  - `name` string, required — Human-readable template name
  - `description` string, required — Detailed description of the template's purpose
  - `category` string, nullable — Optional category for organizing templates
  - `configuration` object, required — Template-specific configuration (varies by template_type)
  - `tags` string[] — Tags for categorizing and filtering templates
  - `is_active` boolean — Whether this template is available for use
  - `is_public` boolean — Whether this template is publicly discoverable without authentication
  - `use_cases` string[] — List of common use cases for this template
  - `requirements` string[] — List of requirements (e.g., 'Requires text embeddings')
  - `created_by` string, nullable — User ID who created this template (for org templates)
  - `source_resource_id` string, nullable — ID of the resource this template was created from (for org templates)
  - `sample_namespace_id` string, nullable — Reference to a sample/golden namespace for this scaffold (used for Studio quickstart cloning)
  - `example_queries` string[] — Runnable example queries for this template's sample data; the first renders on the card
  - `whats_inside` string, nullable — One-sentence description of the sample corpus (what you get, with counts)
  - `materialize_estimate` string, nullable — Honest time estimate for sample data to become searchable after instantiate
  - `created_at` string, date-time — Timestamp when template was created
  - `updated_at` string, date-time — Timestamp when template was last updated

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `422` — Validation Error
- `500` — Internal Server Error

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