Install the OSS Node.js SDK - Object Storage Service - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Install the OSS Node.js SDK to upload, download, store, and manage files in Alibaba Cloud OSS from your Node.js application.

Prerequisites

Required environment
- Node.js 8.0 or later is required.
- To download and install the required environment, see Node.js installation.
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- Run the following command to check the Node.js version.
```
node -v
```
- Run the following command to check the npm version.
```
npm -v
```

Select an SDK version
- If you are using Node.js 8.0 or later, install the latest official SDK V6.x.
- If you are using a version earlier than Node.js 8.0, install SDK V4.x.
Run the command to install the required SDK version.
- Install SDK V6.x
```
npm install ali-oss@^6.x --save
```
- Install SDK V4.x
```
npm install ali-oss@^4.x --save
```

Run the following command to verify that ali-oss is installed and to check its version.

npm list ali-oss

A successful response, as shown in the following example, indicates that ali-oss is installed.

your-project-name@ /path/to/your/project
└── ali-oss@6.x.x

After you install the SDK, configure access credentials. For more information, see Configure access credentials (Node.js SDK).