TypeScript & JavaScript SDK

Install the official JavaScript SDK:

pnpm

Terminal

pnpm add pocketbase

npm

Terminal

npm install pocketbase

yarn

Terminal

yarn add pocketbase

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Initializing the Client

src/pb.ts

import PocketBase from 'pocketbase';

export const pb = new PocketBase('https://<your-subdomain>.pocket-kit.naftalmatoya.tech');

// Auto-cancellation can be disabled if running concurrent requests in React:
pb.autoCancellation(false);

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Authentication & CRUD Operations

src/operations.ts

// 1. Password Authentication
const authData = await pb.collection('users').authWithPassword('user@example.com', 'password123');

// 2. Fetch Paginated Records
const resultList = await pb.collection('posts').getList(1, 20, {
  filter: 'created >= "2026-01-01" && active = true',
  sort: '-created',
});

// 3. Create a Record
const newPost = await pb.collection('posts').create({
  title: 'Hello from Pocket Kit',
  content: 'PocketBase single-tenant cloud deployment.',
  views: 1,
});

// 4. Realtime Subscriptions (SSE)
pb.collection('posts').subscribe('*', function (e) {
  console.log('Realtime event action:', e.action);
  console.log('Record data:', e.record);
});