React Email Editor

The excellent drag-n-drop email editor by Unlayer as a React.js wrapper component. This is the most powerful and developer friendly visual email builder for your app.

Video Overview

Watch video overview: https://youtu.be/MIWhX-NF3j8

Live Demo

Check out the live demo here: https://react-email-editor-demo.netlify.app/ (Source Code)

Blog Post

Here's a blog post with a quickstart guide: https://medium.com/unlayer-blog/creating-a-drag-n-drop-email-editor-with-react-db1e9eb42386

Installation

The easiest way to use React Email Editor is to install it from NPM and include it in your own React build process.

npm install react-email-editor --save

Usage

Require the EmailEditor component and render it with JSX:

import React, { useRef } from 'react';
import { render } from 'react-dom';

import EmailEditor, { EditorRef, EmailEditorProps } from 'react-email-editor';

const App = (props) => {
  const emailEditorRef = useRef<EditorRef>(null);

  const exportHtml = () => {
    const unlayer = emailEditorRef.current?.editor;

    unlayer?.exportHtml((data) => {
      const { design, html } = data;
      console.log('exportHtml', html);
    });
  };

  const onReady: EmailEditorProps['onReady'] = (unlayer) => {
    // editor is ready
    // you can load your template here;
    // the design json can be obtained by calling
    // unlayer.loadDesign(callback) or unlayer.exportHtml(callback)

    // const templateJson = { DESIGN JSON GOES HERE };
    // unlayer.loadDesign(templateJson);
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <div>
        <button onClick={exportHtml}>Export HTML</button>
      </div>

      <EmailEditor ref={emailEditorRef} onReady={onReady} />
    </div>
  );
};

render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));

See the example source for a reference implementation.

Methods

All unlayer methods are available in the editor instance (emailEditorRef.current.editor). See the Unlayer Docs for more information, or log the object in the console to explore it. Here are the most used ones:

method	params	description
loadDesign	`Object data`	Takes the design JSON and loads it in the editor
saveDesign	`Function callback`	Returns the design JSON in a callback function
exportHtml	`Function callback`	Returns the design HTML and JSON in a callback function

Properties

editorId {String} HTML div id of the container where the editor will be embedded (optional)
minHeight {String} minimum height to initialize the editor with (default 500px)
onLoad {Function} called when the editor instance is created
onReady {Function} called when the editor has finished loading
options {Object} options passed to the Unlayer editor instance (default {})
- See the Unlayer Docs for all available options.
style {Object} style object for the editor container (default {})

Custom Tools

Custom tools can help you add your own content blocks to the editor. Every application is different and needs different tools to reach it's full potential. Learn More

Localization

You can submit new language translations by creating a PR on this GitHub repo: https://github.com/unlayer/translations. Translations managed by PhraseApp

License

Video Overview

Watch video overview: https://youtu.be/MIWhX-NF3j8

import React, { useRef } from 'react'; import { render } from 'react-dom'; import EmailEditor, { EditorRef, EmailEditorProps } from 'react-email-editor'; const App = (props) => { const emailEditorRef = useRef<EditorRef>(null); const exportHtml = () => { const unlayer = emailEditorRef.current?.editor; unlayer?.exportHtml((data) => { const { design, html } = data; console.log('exportHtml', html); }); }; const onReady: EmailEditorProps['onReady'] = (unlayer) => { // editor is ready // you can load your template here; // the design json can be obtained by calling // unlayer.loadDesign(callback) or unlayer.exportHtml(callback) // const templateJson = { DESIGN JSON GOES HERE }; // unlayer.loadDesign(templateJson); }; return ( <div> <div> <button onClick={exportHtml}>Export HTML</button> </div> <EmailEditor ref={emailEditorRef} onReady={onReady} /> </div> ); }; render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));

method

params

description

loadDesign

Object data

Takes the design JSON and loads it in the editor

saveDesign

Function callback

Returns the design JSON in a callback function

exportHtml

Function callback

Returns the design HTML and JSON in a callback function