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

To manage objects in Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) from a Node.js application, install the OSS SDK for Node.js.

Prerequisites

Environment requirements
- The SDK requires Node.js 8.0 or a later version.
- See Install Node.js to download and install the build and runtime environment.
Check your Node.js and npm versions
- Run the following command to check your Node.js version:
```
node -v
```
- Run the following command to check your npm version:
```
npm -v
```

Select an SDK version
- If you use Node.js 8.0 or later, install the latest 6.x version of the SDK.
- For Node.js versions earlier than 8.0, install a 4.x version of the SDK.
Run the appropriate command to install the SDK.
- To install a 6.x version:
```
npm install ali-oss@^6.x --save
```
- To install a 4.x version:
```
npm install ali-oss@^4.x --save
```

Run the following command to verify the ali-oss package installation and view its version.

npm list ali-oss

A successful installation produces output similar to the following:

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