- After executing the above steps, the command-line will output the result of `nodejsChecker.js` connecting to the TDengine instance and performing a simple insert and query.
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After installing the TDengine client, use the `restChecker.js` program to verify that the current environment supports Node.js access to TDengine.
Verification in details:
- Create an installation test folder such as `~/tdengine-test`. Download the [restChecker.js source code](https://github.com/taosdata/TDengine/tree/3.0/docs/examples/node/restexample/restChecker.js) to your local.
- Execute the following command from the command-line.
```bash
npm init -y
npm install @tdengine/rest
node restChecker.js
```
- After executing the above steps, the command-line will output the result of `restChecker.js` connecting to the TDengine instance and performing a simple insert and query.