Where do we put node modules we install by npm in a Meteor project?

Question

I followed the github meteorirc project\'s lead and put them in /public/

I installed my node modules via npm from inside /public/ and therefore I have a /public/node

Answer 1

This helped me a lot including a syntax highlighting package! Thanks!

I use a little helper though, as I think this will not be the last npm package I'll use ;)

meteorNpm = do() ->
  require = __meteor_bootstrap__.require

  path    = require 'path'
  fs      = require 'fs'

  base = path.resolve '.'
  if base is '/'
    base = path.dirname global.require.main.filename

  meteorNpm =
    # requires npm modules placed in `public/node_modules`
    require: (moduleName) ->
      modulePath = 'node_modules/' + moduleName

      publicPath = path.resolve(base + '/public/' + modulePath)
      staticPath = path.resolve(base + '/bundle/static/' + modulePath)

      if path.existsSync(publicPath)
        module = require publicPath
      else if path.existsSync(staticPath)
        module = require staticPath
      else
        module = null

      return module

Use it like this:

highlight = meteorNpm.require "highlight.js"