Thinking Differently Documentation

To start using Thinking Differently in your Node.js or browser-based application, install the official `@thinkingdifferently/core` JS/TS client library.

1. Package Installation

Install the package using your preferred package manager:

npm

npm install @thinkingdifferently/core

yarn

yarn add @thinkingdifferently/core

pnpm

pnpm add @thinkingdifferently/core

2. Environment Configurations

Next, define your credentials inside local environment variable configuration files (e.g. .env.local):

.env.local

# Public Client Key - Safe to bundle on browser frontendNEXT_PUBLIC_TD_API_KEY=bb_api_your_public_client_key_here# Secret Server Key - MUST stay on secure backends (Node/Next API)TD_SECURITY_KEY=td_security_your_secret_server_key_here# Public PEM Verification Key - Used for offline token validationNEXT_PUBLIC_TD_VERIFICATION_KEY=your_public_key_for_offline_jwt_verification_here

CORS Warning Guard

Never expose your Security Key: If you initialize the SDK client using a securityKey in a browser environment (where the browser window object is defined), the SDK will log a warning message in the console to prevent you from leaking server secrets.

3. Instantiating the Client

Import and initialize the client:

lib/db.ts

import { ThinkingDifferently } from "@thinkingdifferently/core";const sdk = new ThinkingDifferently({  apiKey: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_TD_API_KEY,  securityKey: process.env.TD_SECURITY_KEY,  publicKey: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_TD_VERIFICATION_KEY});