This topic describes how to initialize Object Storage Service (OSS) SDK for Node.js.

Create an object named app.js and write the following content to the object: 

let OSS = require('ali-oss');

let client = new OSS({
  // Set yourRegion to the endpoint of the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if your bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set yourRegion to oss-cn-hangzhou. 
  region: 'yourRegion',
  // Security risks may arise if you use the AccessKey pair of an Alibaba Cloud account to access OSS because the account has permissions on all API operations. We recommend that you use a Resource Access Management (RAM) user to call API operations or perform routine operations and maintenance. To create a RAM user, log on to the RAM console. 
  accessKeyId: 'yourAccessKeyId',
  accessKeySecret: 'yourAccessKeySecret',
  
});

The region parameter indicates the region in which you activate OSS. Example: oss-cn-hangzhou. For the complete list of regions, see Endpoints and regions.

Note You can also use the following parameters to specify an endpoint based on your actual scenario:
  • To access internal nodes, specify region and internal and set internal to true.
  • To access OSS over HTTPS, specify region and secure and set secure to true.
  • To access OSS by using custom domain names, specify cname and endpoint and set cname to true and endpoint to the custom domain name that you mapped to the bucket where the required OSS data is stored.
  • If you set endpoint to a value such as http://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com, region is ignored. endpoint can be set to an IP address, and you can specify HTTPS.
  • If bucket is not configured, you must first call useBucket when you manage objects stored in the bucket. You need to call this operation only once.
  • To specify a timeout period for API calls to access OSS, use timeout. The default value of timeout is 60000. Unit: milliseconds.