The Best NPM Library to Utilize with SalesForce UI API

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$ npm install salesforce-node-client --save

https://www.npmjs.com/package/salesforce-node-client

Config (I used option 2)

Remember to set all the params in your .env

const SalesforceClient = require('salesforce-node-client');
 
// Instantiate Salesforce client with Node.js environment variables.
// It's your responsibility to set those ahead of this call or you will get an error.
const sfdcClient = new SalesforceClient();