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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 18, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-capture-generated-html-and-sending-it-in-e-mail/151249 "2008-10-18T21:13:29Z")\
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**Author:**  [@tadatoshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tadatoshi)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-capture-generated-html-and-sending-it-in-e-mail/151249/1 "2008-10-18T21:13:29Z")
Hi,
Is there a way to capture the generated HTML (e.g. for show.html.erb)
from inside a Rails application?
I need to send an e-mail to users with the same HTML as displayed on
the browser.
Thank you in advance.
Tadatoshi
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**Author:**  [@tadatoshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tadatoshi)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-capture-generated-html-and-sending-it-in-e-mail/151249/2 "2008-10-19T03:36:46Z")
Tadatoshi T. wrote:
> Is there a way to capture the generated HTML (e.g. for show.html.erb)
> from inside a Rails application?
Have a look at render\_to\_string.
Peace.
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**Author:**  [@tadatoshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tadatoshi)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-capture-generated-html-and-sending-it-in-e-mail/151249/3 "2008-10-19T05:00:42Z")
Thank you, Phillip.
I will try that.
Sincerely,
Tadatoshi
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**Author:**  [@tadatoshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tadatoshi)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-capture-generated-html-and-sending-it-in-e-mail/151249/4 "2008-10-28T01:13:05Z")
Hi, Phillip,
render\_to\_string worked very well.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Tadatoshi
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