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# Acquire a marketplace item (reference or copy)

> Acquire a published prompt for the calling user. When shareType is `copy` a duplicate Prompt document is created and ownership assigned to the caller; when `reference` only a UserAcquiredItem link is recorded. Templates must be acquired via /api/marketplace/{id}/import-to-automations instead.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml post /api/marketplace/{id}/acquire
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Tether Relay and Tether API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Route-derived OpenAPI contract generated from tether-relay backend sources.
    Regenerate with scripts/sync-openapi-from-backend.mjs.
servers:
  - url: https://your-instance.example.com
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:2212
    description: Local API service
security: []
tags:
  - name: AI
  - name: Applications
  - name: Approval
  - name: Auth
  - name: Automations
  - name: Calls
  - name: Campaigns
  - name: Contact Analytics
  - name: Contact Metrics
  - name: Contact Notes
  - name: Contacts
  - name: Conversation Monitor
  - name: Conversations
  - name: Departments
  - name: Email
  - name: Escalation Dashboard
  - name: Event Logs
  - name: Google Sheets
  - name: Marketplace
  - name: Messages
  - name: Notification Sounds
  - name: Notifications
  - name: Org Snapshots
  - name: Organizations
  - name: Outreach
  - name: Outreach Metrics
  - name: Outreach Sources
  - name: Pipelines
  - name: Processes
  - name: Prompts
  - name: Reminders
  - name: Sms
  - name: Templates
  - name: Traces
  - name: Training
  - name: Upload
  - name: User Snapshots
  - name: Users
  - name: Vertical
  - name: Webchats
  - name: Webhook
paths:
  /api/marketplace/{id}/acquire:
    post:
      tags:
        - Marketplace
      summary: Acquire a marketplace item (reference or copy)
      description: >-
        Acquire a published prompt for the calling user. When shareType is
        `copy` a duplicate Prompt document is created and ownership assigned to
        the caller; when `reference` only a UserAcquiredItem link is recorded.
        Templates must be acquired via
        /api/marketplace/{id}/import-to-automations instead.
      operationId: acquire_item
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: id
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AcquireItemRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Item acquired
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MarketplaceAcquireResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid ID, already acquired, deprecated, or unsupported type
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MarketplaceErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Not authorized to acquire this item
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MarketplaceErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Marketplace item or original item not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MarketplaceErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MarketplaceErrorResponse'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    AcquireItemRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        requestEditable:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            When true and the listing permits editable references, the acquired
            link allows the recipient to edit.
      additionalProperties: true
      example:
        requestEditable: true
    MarketplaceAcquireResponse:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Returned after `POST /api/marketplace/{id}/acquire`. Templates cannot be
        acquired via this endpoint — see `import-to-automations`.
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          enum:
            - true
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            acquired:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MarketplaceAcquireSummary'
          required:
            - acquired
          additionalProperties: true
        message:
          type: string
      required:
        - success
        - data
      additionalProperties: true
      example:
        success: true
        message: Prompt copied to your library
        data:
          acquired:
            id: 64d2f9c5e8a1d4e001a0b1c5
            itemType: prompt
            type: copy
            isEditable: true
            publishedItemId: 64d2f9c5e8a1d4e001a0b1c2
            originalItemId: 64a1b2c3d4e5f6001234567a
            copiedItemId: 64a1b2c3d4e5f60012345700
            acquiredAt: '2026-05-20T15:04:01.135Z'
    MarketplaceErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Generic error envelope returned by Marketplace endpoints.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        details:
          type: string
      required:
        - error
      additionalProperties: true
      example:
        error: Marketplace item not found
    MarketplaceAcquireSummary:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Acquisition outcome returned after acquiring a marketplace prompt.
        `type=copy` indicates a duplicate prompt was created; `type=reference`
        indicates only a UserAcquiredItem link was recorded.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        itemType:
          type: string
          enum:
            - prompt
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - copy
            - reference
        isEditable:
          type: boolean
        publishedItemId:
          type: string
        originalItemId:
          type: string
        copiedItemId:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Set when `type=copy`, null when `type=reference`.
        acquiredAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      required:
        - id
        - itemType
        - type
        - publishedItemId
        - originalItemId
        - acquiredAt
      additionalProperties: true
      example:
        id: 64d2f9c5e8a1d4e001a0b1c5
        itemType: prompt
        type: copy
        isEditable: true
        publishedItemId: 64d2f9c5e8a1d4e001a0b1c2
        originalItemId: 64a1b2c3d4e5f6001234567a
        copiedItemId: 64a1b2c3d4e5f60012345700
        acquiredAt: '2026-05-20T15:04:01.135Z'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

````