---
title: "Overview"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/overview/
description: "This page describes the method to perform operations using the components in Zia Services."
last_updated: 2026-09-09T10:45:38Z
service: Zia Services
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Catalyst Zia Services"
    url: /en/zia-services/
  - name: "Java SDK Documentation"
    url: /en/sdk/java/v1/cloud-scale/nosql/get-table-metadata/
  - name: "Python SDK Documentation"
    url: /en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/nosql/get-component-instance/
  - name: "REST API Documentation"
    url: /en/api/code-reference/cloud-scale/nosql/insert-item/#InsertNewItem
repository:
  name: "Repository"
  url: https://github.com/catalystbyzoho/zcatalyst-sdk-js
---

# Zia Services JavaScript SDK

# Overview

[Zia](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/zia-services/) is a Catalyst service that offers you a suite of AI and ML powered microservices that you can incorporate in your Catalyst application. These components help detect, process, or predict data that can be highly beneficial in various aspects of your business, such as in understanding your customers better, fetching valuable insights, identifying trends with your existing datasets, analyzing and extracting information from images or documents, and so much more.

### Prerequisites

You will need to install the following package to be able to use the SDK methods of Zia components.

```bash
npm install @zcatalyst/zia
```

> **Info:** Ensure that you have applied the [required authentication configuration](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/auth-config/node-consideration/) to use the SDK methods of this component.

### Import Requirement

You will need to import the following modules to use the SDK methods of Zia service's components.

```javascript
const { Zia } = require('@zcatalyst/zia'); //Zia module
```

### List of SDK Methods

The following table provides you with the list of Zia service's operations that you can perform through code using the Zia JavaScript SDK.

<table border="1" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Category</th>
      <th>SDK Method</th>
      <th>Required Scope</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>General Operations</td>
      <td>[Get Zia Instance](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/get-zia-instance/)</td>
      <td>**No requirement**</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Zia Operations</td>
      <td>
        <ul>
          <li>[OCR](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/ocr/)</li>
          <li>[Face Analytics](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/face-analytics/)</li>
          <li>Identity Scanner
            <ul>
              <li>[Facial Comparison](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/face-analytics/)</li>
              <li>[Aadhaar](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/identity-scanner/aadhaar/)</li>
              <li>[PAN](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/identity-scanner/pan/)</li>
              <li>[Passbook](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/identity-scanner/passbook/)</li>
              <li>[Cheque](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/identity-scanner/cheque/)</li>
            </ul>
          </li>
          <li>Text Analytics
            <ul>
              <li>[Sentiment Analysis](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/text-analytics/sentiment-analysis/)</li>
              <li>[Named Entity Recognition](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/text-analytics/named-entity-recognition/)</li>
              <li>[Keyword Extraction](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/text-analytics/keyword-extraction/)</li>
              <li>[All Text Analytics](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/text-analytics/all-text-analytics/)</li>
            </ul>
          </li>
          <li>[Image Moderation](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/image-moderation/)</li>
          <li>[Object Recognition](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/object-recognition/)</li>
          <li>[Barcode Scanner](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/zia-services/barcode-scanner/)</li>
        </ul>
      </td>
      <td>**Admin**</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

> **Info:** [ Learn more about the Catalyst Zia service](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/zia-services/help/face-analytics/introduction/).