Last updated: Apr-23-2025
This quick start lets you get an end-to-end implementation up and running using the Node.js SDK in 5 minutes or less.
Prerequisites 1. Set up and configure the SDK Install the SDKIn a terminal in your Node.js environment, run:
Set your API environment variableIn a terminal, set your CLOUDINARY_URL
environment variable.
Copy the API environment variable format from the API Keys page of the Cloudinary Console Settings. Replace <your_api_key>
and <your_api_secret>
with your actual values. Your cloud name is already correctly included in the format.
On Mac or Linux:
On Windows:
dotenv
), the file should be excluded from your version control system, so as not to expose it publicly.Create a new file called index.js and copy and paste the following into this file:
2. Upload an imageCopy and paste this into index.js:
3. Get and use details of the imageCopy and paste this into index.js:
4. Transform the imageCopy and paste this into index.js:
5. Run your codeCopy and paste this into index.js to call the functions you just created:
Save your changes then run the script from the terminal:
You can see the image that has been uploaded to your Cloudinary storage by copying the secure_url
that is returned in the upload response and pasting it in a browser.
You can use the returned image tag to display the image on your website. For now, copy and paste the URL to see the transformed image in the browser:
View the completed codeYou can see the whole Node.js script in GitHub, and also in the code explorer below.
Code explorer: Full Node.js exampleHere's the full Node.js script:
This code is also available in GitHub.
You can run it by opening it on Replit, forking it into your own account, and setting your API environment variable in Secrets.
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