vendure/docs/docs/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/email-plugin-options.mdx

---
title: "EmailPluginOptions"
generated: true
---
<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/email-plugin/src/types.ts" sourceLine="77" packageName="@vendure/email-plugin" />

Configuration for the EmailPlugin.

```ts title="Signature"
interface EmailPluginOptions {
    templatePath?: string;
    templateLoader?: TemplateLoader;
    transport:
        | EmailTransportOptions
        | ((
              injector?: Injector,
              ctx?: RequestContext,
          ) => EmailTransportOptions | Promise<EmailTransportOptions>);
    handlers: Array<EmailEventHandler<string, any>>;
    globalTemplateVars?: { [key: string]: any } | GlobalTemplateVarsFn;
    emailSender?: EmailSender;
    emailGenerator?: EmailGenerator;
}
```

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### templatePath

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`string`}   />

The path to the location of the email templates. In a default Vendure installation,
the templates are installed to `<project root>/vendure/email/templates`.
### templateLoader

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`<a href='/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/template-loader#templateloader'>TemplateLoader</a>`}  since="2.0.0"  />

An optional TemplateLoader which can be used to load templates from a custom location or async service.
The default uses the FileBasedTemplateLoader which loads templates from `<project root>/vendure/email/templates`
### transport

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`| <a href='/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/transport-options#emailtransportoptions'>EmailTransportOptions</a>         | ((               injector?: <a href='/reference/typescript-api/common/injector#injector'>Injector</a>,               ctx?: <a href='/reference/typescript-api/request/request-context#requestcontext'>RequestContext</a>,           ) => <a href='/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/transport-options#emailtransportoptions'>EmailTransportOptions</a> | Promise<<a href='/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/transport-options#emailtransportoptions'>EmailTransportOptions</a>>)`}   />

Configures how the emails are sent.
### handlers

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`Array<<a href='/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/email-event-handler#emaileventhandler'>EmailEventHandler</a><string, any>>`}   />

An array of [EmailEventHandler](/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/email-event-handler#emaileventhandler)s which define which Vendure events will trigger
emails, and how those emails are generated.
### globalTemplateVars

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`{ [key: string]: any } | <a href='/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/email-plugin-options#globaltemplatevarsfn'>GlobalTemplateVarsFn</a>`}   />

An object containing variables which are made available to all templates. For example,
the storefront URL could be defined here and then used in the "email address verification"
email. Use the GlobalTemplateVarsFn if you need to retrieve variables from Vendure or
plugin services.
### emailSender

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`<a href='/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/email-sender#emailsender'>EmailSender</a>`} default={`<a href='/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/email-sender#nodemaileremailsender'>NodemailerEmailSender</a>`}   />

An optional allowed EmailSender, used to allow custom implementations of the send functionality
while still utilizing the existing emailPlugin functionality.
### emailGenerator

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`<a href='/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/email-generator#emailgenerator'>EmailGenerator</a>`} default={`<a href='/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/email-generator#handlebarsmjmlgenerator'>HandlebarsMjmlGenerator</a>`}   />

An optional allowed EmailGenerator, used to allow custom email generation functionality to
better match with custom email sending functionality.


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<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/email-plugin/src/types.ts" sourceLine="64" packageName="@vendure/email-plugin" since="2.3.0" />

Allows you to dynamically load the "globalTemplateVars" key async and access Vendure services
to create the object. This is not a requirement. You can also specify a simple static object if your
projects doesn't need to access async or dynamic values.

*Example*

```ts

EmailPlugin.init({
   globalTemplateVars: async (ctx, injector) => {
         const myAsyncService = injector.get(MyAsyncService);
         const asyncValue = await myAsyncService.get(ctx);
         const channel = ctx.channel;
         const { primaryColor } = channel.customFields.theme;
         const theme = {
             primaryColor,
             asyncValue,
         };
         return theme;
     }
  [...]
})

```

```ts title="Signature"
type GlobalTemplateVarsFn = (
    ctx: RequestContext,
    injector: Injector,
) => Promise<{ [key: string]: any }>
```
<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/email-plugin/src/types.ts" sourceLine="150" packageName="@vendure/email-plugin" />

Configuration for running the EmailPlugin in development mode.

```ts title="Signature"
interface EmailPluginDevModeOptions extends Omit<EmailPluginOptions, 'transport'> {
    devMode: true;
    outputPath: string;
    route: string;
}
```
* Extends: `Omit<`[`EmailPluginOptions`](/reference/core-plugins/email-plugin/email-plugin-options#emailpluginoptions)`, 'transport'>`



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### devMode

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`true`}   />


### outputPath

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`string`}   />

The path to which html email files will be saved rather than being sent.
### route

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`string`}   />

The route to the dev mailbox server.


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