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# How to use the Email input element

> Collect email addresses from users with built-in format validation, ensuring proper structure. Ideal for user registration and contact forms in your chatbot agent.

The **Email** User Input element is designed to collect email addresses from users while ensuring proper formatting. It provides built-in validation for email structure but does not verify if the email address exists or is active.

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## Key Features

* **Email Format Validation**: Automatically checks if the user-provided email is correctly formatted (e.g., `user@example.com`).
* **Retry Message**: Displays a retry message if the email format is invalid.

## Limitations

* **No Validity Check**: The element does not verify if the email is active or belongs to a real domain.
* **Advanced Validation**: To check email validity, integrate with an email validation API using an HTTP Request element.

## Example Usage

### Basic Configuration

User prompt:\
"Please enter your email address."

Behavior:

* The element ensures the input is in the correct format (e.g., `example@domain.com`).
* If the format is incorrect, a retry message prompts the user to re-enter the email.

##### Advanced Validation with HTTP Request element

1. Add an **[HTTP Request element](/editor/elements/integrations/http-request)** after the Email Input element.
2. Configure the HTTP request to send the collected email address to an email validation API (e.g., [Hunter.io](https://hunter.io), [Mailboxlayer](https://mailboxlayer.com), etc.).
3. Process the response to determine the next flow in your agent.

Example HTTP Request Configuration:

* **API Endpoint**: `https://api.mailboxlayer.com/check?access_key=YOUR_API_KEY&email={{email_variable}}`
* **Method**: `GET`
* **Variable**: Replace `{{email_variable}}` with the variable storing the user’s email.