# Install datocms-client with npm

For new DatoCMS users, we recommend @datocms/cma-client-node. Version 3.5.24 via npm; verified 2023-12-12.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:datocms-client
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g datocms-client
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:datocms-client
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/datocms-client>
- **Version:** 3.5.24
- **Source summary:** For new DatoCMS users, we recommend @datocms/cma-client-node
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/datocms/js-datocms-client>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/datocms/js-datocms-client>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/datocms/js-datocms-client>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/datocms-client/-/datocms-client-3.5.24.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/datocms/js-datocms-client/issues>
- **Published:** 2023-12-12T06:26:18.226Z
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-12T06:26:18.226Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- dato (cli)
- dato (alias)

## Dependencies

- @iarna/toml
- arr-diff
- bottleneck
- chalk
- chokidar
- clui
- contentful-management
- core-js
- cross-env
- cross-fetch
- datocms-contentful-to-structured-text
- datocms-structured-text-to-plain-text
- datocms-structured-text-utils
- denodeify
- docopt
- dotenv
- escape-string-regexp
- got
- https-proxy-agent
- humps
- inflected
- js-yaml
- json-schema-ref-parser
- jsonref
- marked
- mime-types
- mkdirp
- object.omit
- ora
- pluralize
- pretty-error
- promise-limit
- proxy-polyfill
- pusher-js
- qs
- regenerator-runtime
- request
- rimraf
- speakingurl
- striptags
- tmp
- traverse
- truncate
- unist-util-visit
- updeep
- wpapi

## Build dependencies

- @babel/cli
- @babel/core
- @babel/preset-env
- @babel/register
- babel-eslint
- babel-loader
- chai
- chai-as-promised
- datocms-structured-text-to-html-string
- dirty-chai
- eslint
- eslint-config-airbnb-base
- eslint-config-prettier
- eslint-loader
- eslint-plugin-import
- glob
- husky
- mocha
- nock
- np
- parser-front-matter
- prettier
- pretty-quick
- unist-builder
- unist-util-map
- webpack
- webpack-cli

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepublish
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.5.24
- Package-manager updated: 2023-12-12
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/datocms/js-datocms-client
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for datocms-client. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Fix 0.3.44: 0.3.44-1, Latest: 3.5.24, Save State To Cache: 3.5.16-0
- **Version Count:** 225
- **Maintainers:** marcelofinamorvieira, stefanoverna, delphaber, mat_jack1, souljuse, sistrall_, datoroger
- **Author:** DatoCMS
- **Publisher:** stefanoverna
- **Integrity:** sha512-18DKOwzIGTEcxdhxt1R0IqsphnTlwo3Ob6IRqH43LeWQVvQ9yApJtgNdgVsL4N2BLfPziFPuruWJzzhiVEukcg==
- **Shasum:** 8aaa12ec52968763068d5656ba20ae87b2f7cd9f
- **Unpacked Size:** 2,560,432
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2016-06-01T16:56:22.230Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2023-12-12T06:26:18.226Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-01-05T18:14:11.294Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [osls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/osls/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: agent, client, core, cross, dotenv.
- [release-please](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/release-please/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: agent, chalk, diff, https, https-proxy-agent.
- [dtsgenerator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/dtsgenerator/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: agent, cross, cross-fetch, fetch, https.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph