This Node.js quickstart should get you up and running with your standard backend javascript setup, and by using the API will give you flexibility when it comes to uploading files.
To create an API key, visit the Keys Page and click the “New Key” button in the top right. Once you do that you can select if you want your key to be admin or if you want to scope the privileges of the keys to certain endpoints or limit the number of uses. Make those selections, then give the key a name at the bottom, and click create key.
If you are just getting started, we recommend using Admin privileges, then
move to scope keys as you better understand your needs
Once you have created the keys you will be shown your API Key Info. This will contain your Api Key, API Secret, and your JWT. Click “Copy All” and save them somewhere safe!
The API keys are only shown once, be sure to copy them somewhere safe!
In the root of the directory make a .env file where we’re pull the following variables.
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PINATA_JWT=GATEWAY_URL=
Use the JWT from the API key creation in the previous step as well as the Gateway Domain. The format of the Gateway domain should be mydomain.mypinata.cloud.Now we’ll make two files, index.js and hello-world.txt.
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touch index.js && touch hello-world.txt
Inside the hello-world.txt you can put whatever you’d like such as Hello World!.