Type of html emails in the system regarding API

Question

We are creating HTML Emails and I want to get the content of them by SSJS but the problem is their type is not "Email" or "ContentBlock", it is like in the middle of those. I can retrieve their IDs, CustomerKeys or Names when I treat them as "Assets" but not the content.

Can you help me find a way to retrieve the content of an HTML Email?

Answer 1

This is not something that can be achieved in the native SSJS, AMPScript functions nor by the SOAP API. You will need to utilize the REST API to get this. This is because Content Builder assets are stored elsewhere than classic, which is where the native functions and SOAP are aimed at.

I would utilize the 'GET Asset' REST Call.

Sample of call (using SSJS - assuming you gathered the auth Token already):

var authToken = "Bearer: " + accessToken;

var url = 'http://{{yourendpoint}}/asset/v1/content/assets?$filter=Name%20like%20'{{yourEmailName}}'';
var headerNames = ["Authorization"];
var headerValues = [authToken];
var response = HTTP.Get(url, headerNames, headerValues);

In the JSON you receive via the response, you will find the email content in items > views > html > content

e.g.

{
    "items": [
        {
            "views": {
                "html": {
                    "content": "{{yourHTMLContent}}"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}