Two versions of same npm package in Node application

Question

I\'m working on a CLI tool in NodeJS that uses another NodeJs package that we develop, which is an SDK.

The thing is, we just published a V2 version of that SDK, and we

Answer 1

Based on my answer for a similar question:

As of npm v6.9.0, npm now supports package aliases. It implements the same syntax as Yarn uses:

npm install my-sdk-legacy@npm:my-sdk@1
npm install my-sdk

This adds the following to package.json:

"dependencies": {
  "my-sdk-legacy": "npm:my-sdk@^1.0.0",
  "my-sdk": "2.0.0"
}

This seems to me the most elegant solution available, and is compatible with the Yarn solution proposed by @Aivus.