# Key 'node-red-node-email/email: (en\_US)' object not string

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/key-node-red-node-email-email-en-us-object-not-string/16311>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [4 October 2019 11:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/key-node-red-node-email-email-en-us-object-not-string/16311 "2019-10-04T11:37:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![communig8-public](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/communig8-public/32/12820_2.png) [@communig8-public](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/communig8-public)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2019 11:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/key-node-red-node-email-email-en-us-object-not-string/16311/1 "2019-10-04T11:37:42Z")

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Node-RED V0.19.3 running on an Amazon Lightsail Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS instance.

I have a simple flow for testing sending an email that used to work without any error.  
However, it is now showing "key 'node-red-node-email/email: (en\_US)' returned an object instead of a string.". The email is being sent ok though.

I suspect that some recent "messing about" has caused a problem with the email node not being able to locate it's 61-email.json file containing the en\_US language strings.  
Can anyone point me in the right direction to look at to see what has got damaged?  
Thanks, Richard

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**Author:** ![miker256](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/miker256/32/13042_2.png) [@miker256](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/miker256)\
**Post date:** [12 October 2019 00:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/key-node-red-node-email-email-en-us-object-not-string/16311/2 "2019-10-12T00:29:24Z")

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> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40127111/understanding-a-this-string-call-in-node-red>

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [12 October 2019 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/key-node-red-node-email-email-en-us-object-not-string/16311/3 "2019-10-12T09:31:13Z")

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Which version of the email node do you have installed ?  
At which point and where is it showing that ?  
before sending ? during send ? after send ?

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**Author:** ![communig8-public](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/communig8-public/32/12820_2.png) [@communig8-public](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/communig8-public)\
**Post date:** [12 October 2019 09:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/key-node-red-node-email-email-en-us-object-not-string/16311/4 "2019-10-12T09:51:41Z")

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The most recent version installed via npm.  
The message shows when the node is fired.