Create a CloudWatch Events scheduled rule using an Amazon SDK

    public static void putCWRule(CloudWatchEventsClient cwe, String ruleName, String roleArn) {

        try {
            PutRuleRequest request = PutRuleRequest.builder()
                .name(ruleName)
                .roleArn(roleArn)
                .scheduleExpression("rate(5 minutes)")
                .state(RuleState.ENABLED)
                .build();

            PutRuleResponse response = cwe.putRule(request);
            System.out.printf(
                    "Successfully created CloudWatch events rule %s with arn %s",
                    roleArn, response.ruleArn());

        } catch (
            CloudWatchException e) {
            System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }
    }

Create the client in a separate module and export it.

import { CloudWatchEventsClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-events";
import { DEFAULT_REGION } from "libs/utils/util-aws-sdk.js";

export const client = new CloudWatchEventsClient({ region: DEFAULT_REGION });

Import the SDK and client modules and call the API.

import { PutRuleCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-events";
import { client } from "../libs/client.js";

const run = async () => {
  // Request parameters for PutRule.
  // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/APIReference/API_PutRule.html#API_PutRule_RequestParameters
  const command = new PutRuleCommand({
    Name: process.env.CLOUDWATCH_EVENTS_RULE,

    // The event pattern for the rule.
    //  Example: {"source": ["my.app"]}
    EventPattern: process.env.CLOUDWATCH_EVENTS_RULE_PATTERN,

    // The state of the rule. Valid values: ENABLED, DISABLED
    State: "ENABLED",
  });

  try {
    return await client.send(command);
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(err);
  }
};

export default run();

// Load the AWS SDK for Node.js
var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
// Set the region 
AWS.config.update({region: 'REGION'});

// Create CloudWatchEvents service object
var cwevents = new AWS.CloudWatchEvents({apiVersion: '2015-10-07'});

var params = {
  Name: 'DEMO_EVENT',
  RoleArn: 'IAM_ROLE_ARN',
  ScheduleExpression: 'rate(5 minutes)',
  State: 'ENABLED'
};

cwevents.putRule(params, function(err, data) {
  if (err) {
    console.log("Error", err);
  } else {
    console.log("Success", data.RuleArn);
  }
});