Connect with the TypeScript client

Learn how to connect to a Serverless (Vector) database with the astra-db-ts client.

Prerequisites

An active Astra account
An active Serverless (Vector) database
An application token with the Database Administrator role

Install the TypeScript client

Install the TypeScript client:

Verify that Node is version 18 or higher.
```
node --version
```

Install the TypeScript client with your preferred package manager:

npm
Yarn
pnpm

npm install @datastax/astra-db-ts

yarn add @datastax/astra-db-ts

pnpm add @datastax/astra-db-ts

Connect to a vector-enabled Astra DB Serverless database

Create a file named quickstart.ts.

quickstart.ts

import { DataAPIClient, VectorDoc, UUID } from '@datastax/astra-db-ts';

const { ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN, ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT } = process.env;

// Initialize the client and get a "Db" object
const client = new DataAPIClient(ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN);
const db = client.db(ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT);

console.log(* Connected to DB ${db.id});

See also

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