Interacting with the Vimeo API using Node.js

This is a simple server-side Node.js library for interacting with the Vimeo API.

Get started with the Vimeo API

If you’re new to Vimeo APIs, check out Getting Started: The Basics before diving into the content on this page.

Install the Node.js library

To install Node.js, run the following command:

 npm install vimeo

Advanced examples

To see examples of the most common use cases of the Node.js library, visit our Node.js Examples Library.

Support

To troubleshoot an issue, reach out to Vimeo Support.

Changelog

2.3.1 - 2023-01-20

Changed

• Changelog (#165)
• package.json (#165)

2.3.0 - 2023-01-19

Added

• Allows the body value included in the request options to be used as the request body, if the content type is not application/x-www-form-urlencoded nor application/json (#163)
• Adds an example for text track upload (#163)

2.2.0 - 2022-07-21

Fixed

• Fixes an issue where the error is not passed to one of the callbacks (#155)

2.1.1 - 2018-11-09

Added

• Upload and replace methods now support file blogs. (#86, @nicolastakashi)

2.1.0 - 2018-04-03

Changed

• Upgrading tus-js-client to ^1.5.1. (#73)

2.0.2 - 2018-04-02

Added

• Changelog

Changed

• Uploads no longer make a pre-emptive request to check the user's quota. This check is done automatically when making a POST to /me/videos. (#70)

2.0.1 - 2018-03-04

Fixed

• Fixed assigning an empty object when no params are passed to upload or replace. (#66, @ArvinH)

2.0.0 - 2018-02-06

Changed

• Library now uses the Standard code style. (#58)
• Moving API requests over to use API v3.4. (#58)
• Moving uploads over to using the new tus protocol. (#58, @peixian)
• Updating examples to use JSON filters. (#54, @jehartzog)

1.2.1 - 2017-04-10

Fixed

• A deprecation warning in fs.close. (#48, @OmerZfira)

1.2.0 - 2016-02-29

Added

• Support for optional access token during SDK creation. (#5, @AidenMontgomery)
• Search example. (#9, @greedo)
• Support for missing leading slashes in API paths. (#29, @prestonvanloon)
• Upload progress. (#35)

Fixed

• Bad links in the README. (#32, @joe-strummer)
• Removing unnecessary return keywords. ([#26]https://github.com/vimeo/vimeo.js/pull/26)

v1.1.0 - 2014-09-09

Added

• Replace source file.

Removed

• Some stray console.log cals.

v1.0.0 - 2014-07-28

Added

• First release.