--- title: "Step 6: Create a transaction email template" component: pingone-api page_id: pingone-api:workflow-library:pingone-mfa/transaction-approval-using-sms/environment-configuration/step-9-create-a-transaction-sms-template canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/workflow-library/pingone-mfa/transaction-approval-using-sms/environment-configuration/step-9-create-a-transaction-sms-template.html section_ids: headers: Headers body: Body example-request: Example Request example-response: Example Response --- # Step 6: Create a transaction email template ##     ```none POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents ``` Use the `POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents` operation to create a transaction template that specifies the transaction information and provides a variable for the one-time passcode. The body of the request specifies the `locale` property to identify the language for the content. In this use case, the value is the environment's default language. The `content` property defines the message text the end user receives to complete the transaction. In this use case, the message is `Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}`. The `${sum}`, `${currency}`, and `${recipient}` variable values in the transaction approval text are encoded in the `request` JWT, which is passed in as a Postman pre-request script on the authorize request. The `deliveryMethod` property specifies the MFA device type that receives the transaction approval request. In this use case, `EMAIL` is the delivery method. ### Headers Authorization      Bearer {{accessToken}} Content-Type      application/json ### Body raw ( application/json ) ```json { "locale": "en", "subject": "PingOne: transaction approval", "variant": "variant_C", "body": "Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}", "deliveryMethod": "Email", "template": { "id": "transaction" } } ``` ## ### Example Request * cURL * C# * Go * HTTP * Java * jQuery * NodeJS * Python * PHP * Ruby * Swift ```shell curl --location --globoff '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}' \ --data '{ "locale": "en", "subject": "PingOne: transaction approval", "variant": "variant_C", "body": "Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}", "deliveryMethod": "Email", "template": { "id": "transaction" } }' ``` ```csharp var options = new RestClientOptions("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents") { MaxTimeout = -1, }; var client = new RestClient(options); var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Post); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}"); var body = @"{" + "\n" + @" ""locale"": ""en""," + "\n" + @" ""subject"": ""PingOne: transaction approval""," + "\n" + @" ""variant"": ""variant_C""," + "\n" + @" ""body"": ""Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}""," + "\n" + @" ""deliveryMethod"": ""Email""," + "\n" + @" ""template"": {" + "\n" + @" ""id"": ""transaction""" + "\n" + @" }" + "\n" + @"}"; request.AddStringBody(body, DataFormat.Json); RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request); Console.WriteLine(response.Content); ``` ```golang package main import ( "fmt" "strings" "net/http" "io" ) func main() { url := "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents" method := "POST" payload := strings.NewReader(`{ "locale": "en", "subject": "PingOne: transaction approval", "variant": "variant_C", "body": "Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}", "deliveryMethod": "Email", "template": { "id": "transaction" } }`) client := &http.Client { } req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}") res, err := client.Do(req) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } defer res.Body.Close() body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` ```http POST /v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents HTTP/1.1 Host: {{apiPath}} Content-Type: application/json Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}} { "locale": "en", "subject": "PingOne: transaction approval", "variant": "variant_C", "body": "Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}", "deliveryMethod": "Email", "template": { "id": "transaction" } } ``` ```java OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder() .build(); MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json"); RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n \"locale\": \"en\",\n \"subject\": \"PingOne: transaction approval\",\n \"variant\": \"variant_C\",\n \"body\": \"Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}\",\n \"deliveryMethod\": \"Email\",\n \"template\": {\n \"id\": \"transaction\"\n }\n}"); Request request = new Request.Builder() .url("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents") .method("POST", body) .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json") .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}") .build(); Response response = client.newCall(request).execute(); ``` ```javascript var settings = { "url": "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents", "method": "POST", "timeout": 0, "headers": { "Content-Type": "application/json", "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}" }, "data": JSON.stringify({ "locale": "en", "subject": "PingOne: transaction approval", "variant": "variant_C", "body": "Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}", "deliveryMethod": "Email", "template": { "id": "transaction" } }), }; $.ajax(settings).done(function (response) { console.log(response); }); ``` ```javascript var request = require('request'); var options = { 'method': 'POST', 'url': '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents', 'headers': { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' }, body: JSON.stringify({ "locale": "en", "subject": "PingOne: transaction approval", "variant": "variant_C", "body": "Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}", "deliveryMethod": "Email", "template": { "id": "transaction" } }) }; request(options, function (error, response) { if (error) throw new Error(error); console.log(response.body); }); ``` ```python import requests import json url = "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents" payload = json.dumps({ "locale": "en", "subject": "PingOne: transaction approval", "variant": "variant_C", "body": "Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}", "deliveryMethod": "Email", "template": { "id": "transaction" } }) headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' } response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload) print(response.text) ``` ```php setUrl('{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents'); $request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST); $request->setConfig(array( 'follow_redirects' => TRUE )); $request->setHeader(array( 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' )); $request->setBody('{\n "locale": "en",\n "subject": "PingOne: transaction approval",\n "variant": "variant_C",\n "body": "Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}",\n "deliveryMethod": "Email",\n "template": {\n "id": "transaction"\n }\n}'); try { $response = $request->send(); if ($response->getStatus() == 200) { echo $response->getBody(); } else { echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' . $response->getReasonPhrase(); } } catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) { echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage(); } ``` ```ruby require "uri" require "json" require "net/http" url = URI("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port); request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Content-Type"] = "application/json" request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}" request.body = JSON.dump({ "locale": "en", "subject": "PingOne: transaction approval", "variant": "variant_C", "body": "Approve this transfer of \${sum} \${currency} to \${recipient}, by entering this OTP: \${OTP}", "deliveryMethod": "Email", "template": { "id": "transaction" } }) response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```swift let parameters = "{\n \"locale\": \"en\",\n \"subject\": \"PingOne: transaction approval\",\n \"variant\": \"variant_C\",\n \"body\": \"Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}\",\n \"deliveryMethod\": \"Email\",\n \"template\": {\n \"id\": \"transaction\"\n }\n}" let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8) var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/templates/transaction/contents")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity) request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type") request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization") request.httpMethod = "POST" request.httpBody = postData let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in guard let data = data else { print(String(describing: error)) return } print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!) } task.resume() ``` ### Example Response 201 Created ```json { "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/templates/transaction/contents/34ad16dd-9041-4b98-83f8-eb94b015df55" }, "template": { "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/templates/transaction" }, "language": { "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/languages/5673ed79-516c-43ee-bf11-0d8df7e6fee8" }, "environment": { "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6" } }, "id": "34ad16dd-9041-4b98-83f8-eb94b015df55", "environment": { "id": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6" }, "createdAt": "2026-04-22T20:11:35.493Z", "updatedAt": "2026-04-22T20:11:35.493Z", "locale": "en", "variant": "variant_C", "template": { "id": "transaction" }, "subject": "PingOne: transaction approval", "body": "Approve this transfer of ${sum} ${currency} to ${recipient}, by entering this OTP: ${OTP}", "deliveryMethod": "Email", "default": false } ```