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# Server Set-Up {: .page-header}

{{ alert(
"""This section of the tutorial is aimed at beginners looking to create their
own upload server. Note that this example does not apply to S3 uploads. For
more information on uploading to Amazon's Simple Storage Service,
read the [Fine Uploader S3 server documentation](../endpoint_handlers/amazon-s3.html).""",
"warn") }}

For this tutorial we are going to use [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/) to develop
a simple server which will accept uploads from our Fine Uploader instance. If
you don't have Node.js, now's the time to [get it](http://nodejs.org/download/).

If Node.js is not your style, then feel free to browse the other
[server-side demos repository](http://github.com/Widen/fine-uploader-server).  **It's quite important for you to read
the [traditional server-side integration instructions](../endpoint_handlers/traditional.html) before you do any of this,
though**.

#### Getting Started

Let's rock! First, download express:

`npm install express rimraf mkdirp`

Now let's download our server:

`wget -O server.js https://raw.github.com/Widen/fine-uploader-server/master/nodejs/nodejs.js`

Coooool. Create a new file in your text editor called `server.js`. Time to code the first part of the server:

And let's have node run it!

`node server.js`

Make sure to set the request endpoint on your Fine Uploader instance to point to the corresponding URL on the express server. In this case, the endpoint is `/uploads`.

Booyakosha! You are on the fast-track to upload nirvana. Continue forth in your quest to learn to integrate Fine Uploader with your application by reviewing the rest of the [documentation](../)
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