To install Plotly's Node module, use npm.

npm install plotly

Fire up Node!

$ node

var plotly = require('plotly')("DemoAccount", "lr1c37zw81")

You'll need to replace "DemoAccount" and "lr1c37zw81" with your Plotly username and API key.

Find my API key.

Special Instructions for Chart Studio Enterprise users

Your API key for account on the public cloud will be different than the API key in Chart Studio Enterprise. Visit https://plotly.your-company.com/settings/api/ to find your Chart Studio Enterprise API key. Remember to replace "your-company.com" with the URL of your Chart Studio Enterprise server.

Instantiate your plotly object with the domain of your Chart Studio Enterprise server.

var plotly = require('plotly')({"username": "DemoAccount", "apiKey": "lr1c37zw81", "host": "plotly.your-company.com", "port": 443})

Remember to replace "your-company.com" with the URL of your Chart Studio Enterprise server. Questions? support@plot.ly

Copy and paste the following to create your first graph using the Plotly Node library! If all goes well, the URL for your graph will be printed in your console.

var data = [{x:[0,1,2], y:[3,2,1], type: 'bar'}];
var layout = {fileopt : "overwrite", filename : "simple-node-example"};

plotly.plot(data, layout, function (err, msg) {
	if (err) return console.log(err);
	console.log(msg);
});