---
title: TypeScript | FLORA API
description: Install the FLORA TypeScript SDK and run your first Technique.
---

The `@flora-ai/flora` SDK is a thin, type-safe wrapper around the [FLORA REST API](/api/index.md). It runs in Node 18+ and the browser (server-only — never ship an API key to the client).

## Install

Terminal window

```
npm install @flora-ai/flora
# pnpm add @flora-ai/flora
# yarn add @flora-ai/flora
```

## Configure

Set your API key in the environment:

Terminal window

```
export FLORA_API_KEY="sk_live_XXXX"
```

The SDK reads it automatically:

```
import Flora from '@flora-ai/flora';


const client = new Flora({
  apiKey: process.env['FLORA_API_KEY'],
});
```

You can also pass the key explicitly: `new Flora({ apiKey: 'sk_live_XXXX' })`.

## First run, end to end

The full discover → run → poll loop in one snippet:

```
import Flora from '@flora-ai/flora';


const client = new Flora({ apiKey: process.env['FLORA_API_KEY'] });


// 1. List your Techniques
for await (const technique of client.techniques.list()) {
  console.log(technique.slug, technique.name);
}


// 2. Inspect a specific Technique's inputs
const technique = await client.techniques.retrieve('thumbnail-v3');
console.log(technique.inputs);


// 3. Start a run
const run = await client.techniques.runs.create('thumbnail-v3', {
  inputs: [
    { id: 'prompt', type: 'text', value: 'Smart living, simple — warm minimalism' },
  ],
  mode: 'async',
});


// 4. Poll until completion
let status = run.status;
let result = run;
while (status === 'pending' || status === 'running') {
  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2000));
  result = await client.techniques.runs.retrieve(run.runId, {
    techniqueId: 'thumbnail-v3',
  });
  status = result.status;
}


if (status === 'completed') {
  for (const output of result.outputs) {
    console.log(output.url);
  }
} else {
  console.error('Run failed:', result.errorMessage);
}
```

## Pagination

`list()` returns an async iterator that auto-paginates:

```
for await (const technique of client.techniques.list({ limit: 10 })) {
  // iterates across all pages
}
```

For a single page:

```
const page = await client.techniques.list({ limit: 10 });
console.log(page.data, page.hasNextPage);
```

## Idempotency

Pass `idempotency_key` on any mutation that you might retry:

```
const run = await client.techniques.runs.create('thumbnail-v3', {
  inputs: [...],
  mode: 'async',
  idempotency_key: `q3-thumb-${marketCode}`,
});
```

Same key + same body = same run. See [Idempotency](/platform/idempotency/index.md) for the full semantics.

## Errors

The SDK throws typed errors with status codes and request IDs:

```
import Flora, { APIError } from '@flora-ai/flora';


try {
  await client.techniques.runs.create('thumbnail-v3', { inputs: [], mode: 'async' });
} catch (err) {
  if (err instanceof APIError) {
    console.error(err.status, err.code, err.message, err.requestID);
  } else {
    throw err;
  }
}
```

See [Errors](/platform/errors/index.md) for every code and recovery guidance.

## What’s next

- **[Authentication](/platform/authentication/index.md)** — keys, rotation, security.
- **[Recipes](/recipes/generate-a-grid/index.md)** — common end-to-end patterns in code.
- **[API Reference](/api/typescript/index.md)** — every method, parameter, and response type.