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Motivation

Mailtrap now serves a conventions-compliant templates API at /api/templates (and /api/accounts/{account_id}/templates): every response is wrapped in a data envelope, the list is paginated with token / per_page, and write bodies are flat. The existing /api/email_templates surface keeps its published shape and stays the stable way to manage templates.

This is a major release (5.0.0) that gives client.templates the new endpoints now, so the name never has to move again: when /api/templates leaves experimental, nothing changes for client.templates users. The 4.x resource is kept, unchanged, as client.emailTemplates, so nobody is forced onto the experimental endpoints. To keep the 4.x behavior, a user renames client.templates to client.emailTemplates. client.emailTemplates can be deprecated once /api/templates is generally available.

While the endpoints are experimental, client.templates shapes may change in a minor release. The JSDoc and the README say so, so a shape change before GA does not force another major.

Changes

  • client.templates (TemplatesApi / TemplatesBaseAPI) targets /api/accounts/{id}/templates: getList({ token, per_page }) resolves { data, pagination }, get/create/update resolve { data }, delete resolves on 204; bodies are flat
    • body_html and body_text are string | null on the response, because the API returns null for a body the template has none of
    • token and per_page accept null and skip it, so pagination.next_token can be passed back as is
    • Pagination is reused from types/api/common.ts
  • Add client.emailTemplates (EmailTemplatesApi / EmailTemplatesBaseAPI, types in types/api/email-templates.ts): the 4.x resource, moved and renamed with no behavior change
  • examples/templates/everything.ts follows next_token across pages; the 4.x flow moved to examples/templates/email-templates.ts
  • README: rows for both examples and an "Upgrading to 5.0" section

Dependents

  • mailtrap-mcp's five template tools call client.templates with the 4.x shapes, and its ^4.10.0 range does not pick up 5.0. mailtrap/mailtrap-mcp#154 moves them to the new shapes, with a paginated list-templates (draft until 5.0 is published).

How to test

You'll need an account API token and the account id.

  • List — client.templates.getList({ per_page: 1 }) returns data with one template and pagination.next_token set when more exist; getList({ per_page: 1, token: page.pagination.next_token }) compiles in strict mode and returns the next page
  • Create / get / update / delete — create({ name, subject, category, body_text }) resolves { data } with an id and body_html: null; get(id), update(id, { subject }) and delete(id) follow; get after delete rejects with MailtrapError (404)
  • Validation — create({ name: "", subject: "x", category: "y" }) rejects with the 422 field errors
  • Old surface — client.emailTemplates.getList() resolves a bare array from /api/email_templates, and its other methods behave as client.templates did in 4.x

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added stable email-template operations for creating, listing, retrieving, updating, and deleting templates.
    • Template listing now supports pagination, with configurable page size and continuation tokens. Template responses are returned in a data field, and body fields can be null.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified the experimental status of the paginated templates API and documented the upgrade path to the stable email-templates API, including updated request and response formats.

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Walkthrough

The client now separates experimental, paginated /api/templates operations from stable /api/email_templates operations. The change adds API types, resource methods, a client getter, tests, examples, and 5.0 upgrade guidance.

Changes

Template API surfaces

Layer / File(s) Summary
Paginated templates contract and operations
src/types/api/templates.ts, src/lib/api/resources/Templates.ts, src/__tests__/lib/api/resources/Templates.test.ts
The /templates resource accepts pagination parameters and uses paginated list responses, wrapped item responses, and flat create and update bodies. Template body fields can be null. Tests cover request shapes, responses, and errors.
Stable email-template operations
src/types/api/email-templates.ts, src/lib/api/resources/EmailTemplates.ts, src/lib/api/EmailTemplates.ts, src/__tests__/lib/api/resources/EmailTemplates.test.ts, src/__tests__/lib/api/EmailTemplates.test.ts
Adds account-scoped email-template types and operations for listing, retrieval, creation, update, and deletion. Create and update requests use an email_template wrapper. Tests cover operations and error handling.
MailtrapClient API access
src/lib/MailtrapClient.ts, src/__tests__/lib/mailtrap-client.test.ts
Adds the emailTemplates getter, which requires an account ID. The existing templates getter remains and is documented as experimental.
Examples and upgrade guidance
README.md, examples/templates/email-templates.ts, examples/templates/everything.ts
Adds a stable email-template CRUD example and updates the paginated template example to read response data and follow page tokens. The README describes the 5.0 API shapes and upgrade path.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e8db6

Confirm the intended accessor and release version before merging: existing template integrations would otherwise receive different endpoints and response shapes than the PR description promises.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e8db6

The existing templates accessor changes endpoint, pagination, response envelopes, and write shapes. Existing integrations therefore require migration despite the stated opt-in intent. A stable replacement and major-version upgrade guidance reduce the risk, but release compatibility remains unresolved. No credential escalation or cross-account access vulnerability was established.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · architecture · observed: The existing client.templates accessor is repurposed for an experimental contract rather than preserving stable behavior behind an opt-in addition. Existing callers receive envelopes instead of bare templates and arrays, and must change identity extraction and pagination handling. This can interrupt workflows after a successful mutation. The new emailTemplates accessor and documented 5.0 migration provide a compatibility path, but do not preserve unchanged callers; the intended release boundary remains unresolved.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated exposure is authenticated template read/write activity within caller-selected account context. Existing templates consumers inherit the experimental endpoint without adopting a new accessor. The source does not establish expanded credential privileges or cross-account access; effective server-enforced scope remains unverified.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Both public accessors require account-ID presence and use the shared Bearer-authenticated Axios instance. These SDK controls bind requests to configured identity but are not server authorization checks. Authorization and ownership parity between /templates and /email_templates cannot be established from this client implementation.
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@izikaj izikaj changed the title Add templates resource for /api/templates and deprecate emailTemplates Move client.templates to /api/templates and drop the email_templates resource Oct 5, 2026
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- client.templates now serves the paginated /api/templates surface: getList
  takes { token, per_page } and resolves { data, pagination }, get/create/update
  resolve { data }, bodies are flat. Pagination is reused from types/api/common.
- The /api/email_templates resource is removed rather than kept behind a
  deprecated name: 5.0 is the release where a removal can land, and callers
  touching client.templates for the new shapes would have to edit every call
  site anyway.
- Breaking for callers of client.templates, so this needs a major release;
  the README gains an "Upgrading to 5.0" note.
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276-276: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Confirm that the Mailtrap app examples match the updated client.templates API.

getList() now accepts pagination parameters and returns { data, pagination }. get, create, and update return { data }, and create and update use flat request bodies. Confirm that the Mailtrap app examples remain accurate and update them if needed.

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…mplates

- Restore client.templates to the stable /api/email_templates endpoints,
  so this ships in 4.x with no breaking change. /api/templates is still
  experimental, and the 5.0 switch would have broken mailtrap-mcp on its
  next bump.
- Move the /api/templates resource to the opt-in
  client.paginatedTemplates, marked experimental.
- Type body_html and body_text as string | null, as the API returns them.
- Accept a null token and per_page in getList, so pagination.next_token
  can be passed back as is.
- Add examples/templates/paginated.ts, which follows next_token.
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- client.templates calls the paginated /api/templates endpoints, so the
  agreed name needs no rename once the endpoints leave experimental.
- The 4.x resource stays unchanged as client.emailTemplates on the stable
  /api/email_templates endpoints. Users who want the stable API rename
  one property and keep their code.
- Say in the JSDoc and README that /api/templates shapes may change in a
  minor release while the endpoints are experimental.
- examples/templates/everything.ts shows the paginated flow;
  email-templates.ts keeps the 4.x flow.
@izikaj izikaj changed the title Add client.paginatedTemplates for the experimental /api/templates endpoints Move client.templates to /api/templates and keep the old API as client.emailTemplates Oct 6, 2026
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