---
title: JavaScript client library for web browsers
description: Use the InfluxDB JavaScript client library to interact with InfluxDB in web clients.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/api-guide/client-libraries/browserjs/
estimated_tokens: 2224
product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
---

# JavaScript client library for web browsers

Use the [InfluxDB JavaScript client library](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-js) to interact with the InfluxDB v2 API in browsers and front-end clients. This library supports both front-end and server-side environments and provides the following distributions:

-   ECMAScript modules (ESM) and CommonJS modules (CJS)
-   Bundled ESM
-   Bundled UMD

This guide presumes some familiarity with JavaScript, browser environments, and InfluxDB. If you’re just getting started with InfluxDB, see [Get started with InfluxDB](/influxdb/cloud/get-started/).

### Tokens in production applications

The examples below configure the authentication token in source code for demonstration purposes only. To protect your data, take the following steps:

1. Avoid sending tokens to public clients such as web browsers and mobile apps. Regard any application secret sent to client devices as public and not confidential.
    
2. Use short-lived, [**read-only tokens**](/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/auth/create/#create-a-read-only-authentication-token) whenever possible to prevent unauthorized writes and deletes.
    

-   [Before you begin](#before-you-begin)
-   [Use with module bundlers](#use-with-module-bundlers)
-   [Use bundled distributions with browsers and module loaders](#use-bundled-distributions-with-browsers-and-module-loaders)
-   [Get started with the example app](#get-started-with-the-example-app)

## Before you begin

1. Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/) to serve your front-end app.
    
2. Ensure that InfluxDB is running and you can connect to it. For information about what URL to use to connect to InfluxDB OSS or InfluxDB Cloud, see [InfluxDB URLs](/influxdb/cloud/reference/urls/).
    

## Use with module bundlers

If you use a module bundler like Webpack or Parcel, install `@influxdata/influxdb-client-browser`. For more information and examples, see [Node.js](/influxdb/cloud/api-guide/client-libraries/nodejs/).

## Use bundled distributions with browsers and module loaders

1. Configure InfluxDB properties for your script.
    
    ```html
    <script>
      window.INFLUX_ENV = {
        url: 'http://localhost:8086',
        token: 'YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN'
      }
    </script>
    ```
    
2. Import modules from the latest client library browser distribution. `@influxdata/influxdb-client-browser` exports bundled ESM and UMD syntaxes.
    
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    **ESM:**
    
    ```html
    <script type="module">
      import {InfluxDB, Point} from 'https://unpkg.com/@influxdata/influxdb-client-browser/dist/index.browser.mjs'
    
      const influxDB = new InfluxDB({INFLUX_ENV.url, INFLUX_ENV.token})
    </script>
    ```
    
    
    
    **UMD:**
    
    ```html
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/@influxdata/influxdb-client-browser"></script>
    <script>
      const Influx = window['@influxdata/influxdb-client']
    
      const InfluxDB = Influx.InfluxDB
      const influxDB = new InfluxDB({INFLUX_ENV.url, INFLUX_ENV.token})
    </script>
    ```
    
    
    
    <!-- End tabbed content -->
    

After you’ve imported the client library, you’re ready to [write data](/influxdb/cloud/api-guide/client-libraries/nodejs/write/?t=nodejs) to InfluxDB.

## Get started with the example app

This library includes an example browser app that queries from and writes to your InfluxDB instance.

1. Clone the [influxdb-client-js](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-js) repo.
    
2. Navigate to the `examples` directory:
    
    ```js
    cd examples
    ```
    
3. Update `./env_browser.js` with your InfluxDB [url](/influxdb/cloud/reference/urls/), [bucket](/influxdb/cloud/admin/buckets/), [organization](/influxdb/cloud/admin/organizations/), and [token](/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/)
    
4. Run the following command to start the application at http://localhost:3001/examples/index.html
    
    ```sh
    npm run browser
    ```
    
    `index.html` loads the `env_browser.js` configuration, the client library ESM modules, and the application in your browser.
    

#### Related

-   [Write data with the InfluxDB JavaScript client library](/influxdb/cloud/api-guide/client-libraries/nodejs/write/)
-   [Query with the InfluxDB JavaScript client library](/influxdb/cloud/api-guide/client-libraries/nodejs/query/)