---
title: "Using TinyMCE from the Tiny Cloud CDN with the React framework"
description: "A guide on integrating TinyMCE from the Tiny Cloud into the React framework."
canonical_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/latest/react-cloud/"
md_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/react-cloud/index.md"
version: "7"
last_updated: "2025-05-14T11:34:04Z"
tokens: 1064
---
Important This page documents TinyMCE 7. For new projects, Tiny recommends using the latest, most up-to-date version. [See TinyMCE 8 documentation](../../latest/react-cloud/).
# Using TinyMCE from the Tiny Cloud CDN with the React framework

The [Official TinyMCE React component](https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce-react) integrates TinyMCE into React projects. This procedure creates a [basic React application](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react-swc) containing a TinyMCE editor.

For examples of the TinyMCE integration, visit [the tinymce-react storybook](https://tinymce.github.io/tinymce-react/).

## Prerequisites

This procedure requires [Node.js (and npm)](https://nodejs.org/).

## Procedure

1. Use the [Vite](https://github.com/vitejs/vite) package and the [React SWC plugin](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react-swc) to create a new React project named `tinymce-react-demo`.

```sh
# npm 7+, extra double-dash is needed
npm create vite@5 tinymce-react-demo -- --template react-swc
```
2. Change to the newly created directory.

```sh
cd tinymce-react-demo
```
3. Install the `@tinymce/tinymce-react` package.

```sh
npm install @tinymce/tinymce-react
```
4. Using a text editor, open `./src/App.jsx` and replace the contents with:

```jsx
import { useRef } from 'react';
import { Editor } from '@tinymce/tinymce-react';
import './App.css';

export default function App() {
  const editorRef = useRef(null);
  const log = () => {
    if (editorRef.current) {
      console.log(editorRef.current.getContent());
    }
  };

  return (
    <>
      <Editor
        apiKey='no-api-key'
        onInit={ (_evt, editor) => editorRef.current = editor }
        initialValue="<p>This is the initial content of the editor.</p>"
        init={{
          height: 500,
          menubar: false,
          plugins: [
            'advlist', 'autolink', 'lists', 'link', 'image', 'charmap', 'preview',
            'anchor', 'searchreplace', 'visualblocks', 'code', 'fullscreen',
            'insertdatetime', 'media', 'table', 'code', 'help', 'wordcount'
          ],
          toolbar: 'undo redo | blocks | ' +
            'bold italic forecolor | alignleft aligncenter ' +
            'alignright alignjustify | bullist numlist outdent indent | ' +
            'removeformat | help',
          content_style: 'body { font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px }'
        }}
      />
      <button onClick={log}>Log editor content</button>
    </>
  );
}
```
This JavaScript file will create a component “App” containing a TinyMCE editor configured with basic features.
5. Update the `apiKey` option in the editor element and include your [Tiny Cloud API key](/auth/signup/).
6. Test the application using the Node.js development server.

  - To start the development server, navigate to the `tinymce-react-demo` directory and run:

```sh
npm run dev
```
  - To stop the development server, select on the command line or command prompt and press *Ctrl+C*.

## Deploying the application to a HTTP server

The application will require further configuration before it can be deployed to a production environment. For information on configuring the application for deployment, see: [Building for Production](https://vitejs.dev/guide/build) or [Deploying a Static Site](https://vitejs.dev/guide/static-deploy.html).

To deploy the application to a local HTTP Server:

1. Navigate to the `tinymce-react-demo` directory and run:

```sh
npm run build
```
2. You can optionally preview the production build by running:

```sh
npm run preview
```
3. Copy the contents of the `tinymce-react-demo/dist` directory to the root directory of the web server.

The application has now been deployed on the web server.

> **Note:** Additional configuration is required to deploy the application outside the web server root directory, such as http://localhost:<port>/my_react_application.

## Next Steps

- For examples of the TinyMCE integration, see: [the tinymce-react storybook](https://tinymce.github.io/tinymce-react/).
- For information on customizing:

  - TinyMCE integration, see: [TinyMCE React integration technical reference](../react-ref/).
  - TinyMCE, see: [Basic setup](../basic-setup/).
  - The React application, see: [Getting Started with Vite](https://vitejs.dev/guide/#getting-started) or [the React documentation](https://react.dev/learn).