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# Installing Cubed-API

Installing Cubed-API is very straight forward

## Installation

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It is recommended you have some experience with Node.js and JavaScript before using Cubed-API.
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Make sure you are in the folder of your project and that you have initialized NPM. If you haven't already done this, type the following command then follow the prompts:

```
$ npm init
```

Now that you have NPM initialized type the following command to install Cubed-API:

```
$ npm i cubed-api
```

If you didn't get any errors Cubed-API should now be installed.

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Once you have written your code you can run it by typing the command "node ." in the codes directory.
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