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sidebar_label: Node.js
title: Connect with Node.js Connector
description: Connect to TDengine cloud service using Node.JS connector
---
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## Install Connector

```bash
npm install @tdengine/rest
```
## Config

Run this command in your terminal to save TDengine cloud token as variables:

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```bash
export TDENGINE_CLOUD_TOKEN="<token>"
export TDENGINE_CLOUD_URL="<url>"
```

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```bash
set TDENGINE_CLOUD_TOKEN="<token>"
set TDENGINE_CLOUD_URL="<url>"
```

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```powershell
$env:TDENGINE_CLOUD_TOKEN="<token>"
$env:TDENGINE_CLOUD_URL="<url>"
```

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:::note
Replace  <token\> and <url\> with cloud token and URL.
To obtain the value of cloud token and URL, please log in [TDengine Cloud](https://cloud.tdengine.com) and click "Connector" and then select "Node.js".

:::
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## Connect

```javascript
{{#include docs/examples/node/connect.js}}
```

For how to write data and query data, please refer to <https://docs.tdengine.com/cloud/data-in/insert-data/> and <https://docs.tdengine.com/cloud/data-out/query-data/>.

For more details about how to write or query data via REST API, please check [REST API](https://docs.tdengine.com/cloud/programming/connector/rest-api/).