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+/// <reference path="swig-email-templates.d.ts" />
+
+import emailTemplates = require('swig-email-templates');
+
+var options = {
+  root: "root"
+};
+
+emailTemplates(options, function(err, render) {
+  var context = {
+    meatballCount: 9001,
+  };
+  render('meatball-sandwich.html', context, function(err, html, text) {
+    // send html/text email
+  });
+});
diff --git a/swig-email-templates/swig-email-templates.d.ts b/swig-email-templates/swig-email-templates.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for swig-email-templates
+// Project: https://github.com/andrewrk/swig-email-templates
+// Definitions by: Adam Babcock <https://github.com/mrhen>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../swig/swig.d.ts" />
+
+declare module "swig-email-templates" {
+    import swig = require('swig');
+
+    interface SwigRender<T> {
+        (file:string, context:T, callback:(err:any, html:string, text:string)=>any):any;
+    }
+
+    interface SwigEmailTemplatesOptions extends swig.SwigOptions {
+        root?: string;
+    }
+
+    function init<T>(options:SwigEmailTemplatesOptions, cb:(err:any, render:SwigRender<T>)=>any):any;
+    export = init
+}