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title: "TemplateLoader"
generated: true
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## TemplateLoader
Loads email templates based on the given request context, type and template name
and return the template as a string.
*Example*
```ts
import { EmailPlugin, TemplateLoader } from '@vendure/email-plugin';
class MyTemplateLoader implements TemplateLoader {
loadTemplate(injector, ctx, { type, templateName }){
return myCustomTemplateFunction(ctx);
}
}
// In vendure-config.ts:
...
EmailPlugin.init({
templateLoader: new MyTemplateLoader()
...
})
```
```ts title="Signature"
interface TemplateLoader {
loadTemplate(injector: Injector, ctx: RequestContext, input: LoadTemplateInput): Promise;
loadPartials?(): Promise;
}
```
### loadTemplate
\
Injector, ctx: RequestContext, input: LoadTemplateInput) => Promise`} />
Load template and return it's content as a string
### loadPartials
\ Promise`} />
Load partials and return their contents.
This method is only called during initialization, i.e. during server startup.