@globus/sdk

The Globus SDK for JavaScript provides first class TypeScript support and makes it easy to call Globus services using idiomatic JavaScript APIs to build Node.js and web applications.

• @globus/sdk API Documentation
• Globus SDK for JavaScript Developers Hub

Installation

If you are not using Typescript, you can install the SDK with the following command:

npm install @globus/sdk

Typescript

@globus/sdk is written in Typescript and includes type definitions for its internal types, Globus platform types (i.e., API responses) are provided by the @globus/types package and must be installed separately.

npm install @globus/sdk @globus/types

Supported Platforms

Node.js

We aim to support all Active LTS Node.js releases. We intend to support all Maintenance LTS versions until their official end-of-life.

Version
Node.js 16	✅
Node.js 18	✅
Node.js 20	🧪

Browser Support

Officially, the SDK supports widely adopted evergreen browsers: Edge, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. Our bundled browser distributions target ECMAScript 2015 (ES6), which has broader browser support but may not be explicitly evaluated.

Browser	Version
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft Edge
Apple Safari

ESM, CommonJS, and UMD

We distribute our package targeting three different module systems: ESM, CommonJS, and UMD.

ESM

The EMS distribution is the module export of the package.

import { transfer } from '@globus/sdk';

CommonJS

The CommonJS distribution is the main export of the package. It is intended for use in Node.js applications and environments that support the require statement.

const transfer = require('@globus/sdk/cjs').transfer;
// or, import { transfer } from '@globus/sdk/cjs';

UMD

The UMD distribution is provided for use in web applications and environments that do not support ESM or CommonJS. Referencing the UMD distribution as a <script> tag will provide a global variable globus that contains all default exports from the package.

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@globus/sdk/umd/globus.production.js"></script>