> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hightouch.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create Sync Template > Create a new sync template A sync template holds a destination configuration that syncs created from it share. `overrideConfig` names the configuration fields those syncs may set for themselves; every other field is locked to the template's value. Create a sync from the template with `POST /syncs` and `syncTemplateId`. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://api.hightouch.io/api/swagger.json post /sync-templates openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Hightouch API version: 1.0.0 description: Hightouch Public Rest API to access syncs, models, sources and destinations contact: name: Hightouch url: https://hightouch.com servers: - url: https://api.hightouch.com/api/v1 security: [] paths: /sync-templates: post: summary: Create Sync Template description: >- Create a new sync template A sync template holds a destination configuration that syncs created from it share. `overrideConfig` names the configuration fields those syncs may set for themselves; every other field is locked to the template's value. Create a sync from the template with `POST /syncs` and `syncTemplateId`. operationId: CreateSyncTemplate parameters: [] requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SyncTemplateCreate' example: name: Salesforce Contacts Template modelId: 42 destinationId: 17 configuration: mode: upsert object: Contact externalIdMapping: from: email to: Email mappings: [] overrideConfig: mappings: overridable: true responses: '200': description: Ok content: application/json: schema: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SyncTemplate' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidateErrorJSON' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError' examples: Example 1: value: id: 1 name: Salesforce Contacts Template workspaceId: 1 createdAt: '2022-12-12T22:46:57.618Z' updatedAt: '2022-12-12T22:46:57.618Z' modelId: 42 destinationId: 17 configuration: mode: upsert object: Contact externalIdMapping: from: email to: Email mappings: [] configVersion: 1 schedule: null schedulePaused: false tags: {} overrideConfig: mappings: overridable: true '401': description: Unauthorized '422': description: Validation Failed content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidateErrorJSON' '500': description: Something went wrong content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError' security: - bearerAuth: [] components: schemas: SyncTemplateCreate: description: >- The input for creating a Sync Template. A `slug` is generated automatically from the name; it is a legacy column and is no longer accepted on input. properties: name: type: string description: type: string modelId: type: number format: double destinationId: type: number format: double configuration: properties: {} additionalProperties: {} type: object schedule: properties: {} additionalProperties: {} type: object schedulePaused: type: boolean matchboosterRegion: type: string nullable: true overrideConfig: properties: {} additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SyncTemplateOverrideOption' type: object nullable: true required: - name - modelId - destinationId - configuration type: object additionalProperties: false SyncTemplate: description: |- A sync template defines a reusable sync configuration that can be shared across multiple syncs. User Groups can be granted access to templates so users can create syncs from them without seeing the raw destination credentials. properties: id: type: number format: double description: The sync template's id name: type: string description: The sync template's name description: type: string nullable: true description: The sync template's description workspaceId: type: number format: double description: The id of the workspace that the sync template belongs to createdAt: type: string format: date-time description: The timestamp when the sync template was created updatedAt: type: string format: date-time description: The timestamp when the sync template was last updated modelId: type: number format: double description: The id of the parent Model that the sync template is connected to destinationId: type: number format: double description: |- The id of the Destination that the sync template is connected to. Cannot be changed after creation. configuration: properties: {} additionalProperties: {} type: object description: |- The sync template's configuration. The schema depends on the destination type. Consumers should NOT make assumptions on the contents of the configuration. It may change as Hightouch updates its internal code. schedule: properties: {} additionalProperties: {} type: object nullable: true description: |- The sync template's schedule. May be null if the template does not impose a schedule on its child syncs. schedulePaused: type: boolean description: Whether the sync template's schedule is paused tags: properties: {} additionalProperties: type: string type: object description: The tags of the sync template matchboosterRegion: type: string nullable: true description: |- Match Booster region for syncs created from this template. Null means inherit the model's single-region default at runtime. overrideConfig: properties: {} additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SyncTemplateOverrideOption' type: object nullable: true description: >- Which configuration fields syncs created from this template may override, keyed by configuration field path (for example "externalIdMapping" or "target.schema"). A field is unlocked when listed with `overridable: true`; every other field is locked to the template's value. Null when no field is overridable. required: - id - name - workspaceId - createdAt - updatedAt - modelId - destinationId - configuration - schedule - schedulePaused - tags - overrideConfig type: object additionalProperties: false ValidateErrorJSON: properties: message: type: string enum: - Validation failed nullable: false details: properties: {} additionalProperties: {} type: object required: - message - details type: object additionalProperties: false InternalServerError: type: string enum: - Internal Server Error nullable: false SyncTemplateOverrideOption: description: >- Whether syncs created from a sync template may set a configuration field. properties: overridable: type: boolean description: |- True when syncs created from the template may set the field through `syncTemplateOverrides`. required: - overridable type: object additionalProperties: false securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: Bearer ````