Upload videos in Node.js (video tutorial)

Overview

Learn how to upload videos in Node.js using the Cloudinary Node.js SDK.

Video tutorial

Tutorial contents

This tutorial presents the following topics. Click a timestamp to jump to that part of the video.

Install and configure the Node.js SDK

0:20	You need to install and configure the Cloudinary Node.js SDK with your product environment credentials.

Upload a video using the Node.js SDK

0:28	Upload a video from a local folder using the upload method of the Upload API. Use the await keyword to get the result and print the delivery URL of the uploaded video.

Run the script from the terminal

1:02	Run the script from the terminal and then paste the URL in a browser to see the video.

Use the upload large method for big videos

1:18	Use the upload_large method to upload big videos using chunks. The method does not return a promise, but you can wrap the code with your own promise and await the response.

Run the script again from the terminal

2:04	Run the script from the terminal to upload the big video (the script takes a bit longer to run), and then paste the URL in a browser to see the video.

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