# whcs-node-sdk

**Repository Path**: mirrors_ibm/whcs-node-sdk

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: whcs-node-sdk
- **Description**: [Deprecated] Watson Health Cognitive Services Node SDK repository
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

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- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-11-23
- **Last Updated**: 2025-08-16

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## README


# IBM Watson Health Cognitive Services Node.js SDK

## Overview

<b>Deprecated:</b>  Consider migrating to [Java](https://github.com/IBM/whcs-java-sdk) or [Python](https://github.com/IBM/whcs-python-sdk).

The IBM Watson Health Cognitive Services (WHCS) Node.js SDK allows developers to programmatically interact with the following IBM Cloud service:

Service Name | Import Path
--- | ---
[Annotator for Clinical Data](https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/wh-acd) | whcs-node-sdk/annotator-for-clinical-data/v1 |

NOTE:  You must be signed in to IBM Cloud to see the docs.

## Prerequisites

[ibm-cloud-onboarding]: http://cloud.ibm.com/registration

* An [IBM Cloud][ibm-cloud-onboarding] account.
* An IAM API key to allow the SDK to access your service instance. For instructions about copying the credentials of an existing service instance, or creating a new service instance, refer to Getting Started [here](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/wh-acd?topic=wh-acd-getting-started).
* **Node.js >=12**: This SDK is tested with Node.js versions 10 and up. It may work on previous versions but this is not officially supported.

## Installation

```sh
npm install ibm-whcs-sdk
```

## Using the SDK
For general SDK usage information, please see
[this link](https://github.com/IBM/ibm-cloud-sdk-common/blob/master/README.md)

## Questions

If you are having difficulties using this SDK or have a question about the IBM Cloud services,
please ask a question at
[Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=ibm-cloud).

## Issues
If you encounter an issue with the SDK, you are welcome to submit
a [bug report](https://github.com/IBM/whcs-node-sdk/issues).
Before that, please search for similar issues. It's possible someone has
already encountered this issue.

## Open source @ IBM
Find more open source projects on the [IBM Github Page](http://ibm.github.io/)

## Contributing
See [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).

## License

The IBM Watson Health Cognitive Services Node.js SDK is released under the Apache 2.0 license.
The license's full text can be found in
[LICENSE](LICENSE).