Install npm module from gitlab private repository

Question

We are using GitLab for our private project. There are some forked libraries from github, that we want to install as npm module. Installing that module directly from npm is

Answer 1

You have the following methods for connecting to a private gitlab repository

With SSH

git+ssh://git@git.mydomain.com:Username/Repository#{branch|tag}
git+ssh://git@git.mydomain.com/Username/Repository#{branch|tag}

With HTTPS

git+https://git@git.mydomain.com/Username/Repository#{branch|tag}

With HTTPS and deploy token

git+https://<token-name>:<token>@gitlab.com/Username/Repository#{branch|tag}

Answer 2

None of the other answers worked for me for a private gitlab.com repo...

This works however:

npm i -S git+ssh://git@gitlab.com:<org>/<project>.git

Its just the git ssh clone url from the project page's "clone" input field with git+ssh:// added to the front of it.

Answer 3

As far as I can tell where you're going wrong is the git:// protocol. GitLab only supports HTTP(s) and SSH for clones. So you must use one of those methods instead of the git protocol.