diff --git a/cli.go b/cli.go
index e5de4e95..312dfea1 100644
--- a/cli.go
+++ b/cli.go
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ func (c *Cli) makeRequest(req *http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
+func (c *Cli) GetTemplate(name string) string {
+	return c.getTemplate(name)
+}
+
 func (c *Cli) getTemplate(name string) string {
 	if override, ok := c.opts["template"].(string); ok {
 		if _, err := os.Stat(override); err == nil {
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 4c76c055..382e4c73 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -109,8 +109,11 @@ func dateFormat(format string, content string) (string, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-func runTemplate(templateContent string, data interface{}, out io.Writer) error {
+func RunTemplate(templateContent string, data interface{}, out io.Writer) error {
+	return runTemplate(templateContent, data, out)
+}
 
+func runTemplate(templateContent string, data interface{}, out io.Writer) error {
 	if out == nil {
 		out = os.Stdout
 	}