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sidebar_label: Getting Started
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# NPM Installation

Amplify Video is [Plugin for AWS Amplify](https://aws-amplify.github.io/docs/cli-toolchain/plugins?sdk=js) that provides video streaming resources to your Amplify project. It requires that you have the Amplify CLI installed on your system before installing the Amplify Video plugin

To get started install the Amplify CLI via NPM as shown below or follow the [getting started guide](https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-cli/).


``` 
npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli
amplify configure
```

Next, with the Amplify CLI installed, install this plugin:

```
npm i amplify-category-video -g
```

# Manual Installation

Manual installation of Amplify Video can be useful for development purposes.

1. Clone this repo onto your local machine
1. Open the terminal and navigate to the repo you just cloned
1. Run this command: 
```
npm install -g
```