> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://react.email/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Send email using Plunk
> Learn how to send an email using React Email and the Plunk Node.js SDK.
## 1. Install dependencies
Get the [react-email](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-email) package and the [Plunk Node.js SDK](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@plunk/node).
```sh npm theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
npm install @plunk/node react-email
```
```sh yarn theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
yarn add @plunk/node react-email
```
```sh pnpm theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
pnpm add @plunk/node react-email
```
## 2. Create an email using React
Start by building your email template in a `.jsx` or `.tsx` file.
```tsx email.tsx theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
import * as React from "react";
import { Html, Button } from "react-email";
export function Email(props) {
const { url } = props;
return (
);
}
export default Email;
```
## 3. Convert to HTML and send email
Import the email template you just built, convert into an HTML string, and use the Plunk SDK to send it.
```tsx theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
import Plunk from "@plunk/node";
import { render } from "react-email";
import { Email } from "./email";
const plunk = new Plunk(process.env.PLUNK_API_KEY);
const emailHtml = await render();
plunk.emails.send({
to: "hello@useplunk.com",
subject: "Hello world",
body: emailHtml,
});
```
## Try it yourself
See the full source code.