how to download and install all node modules through package.json? - node.js

Question

I want to invoke and download all node modules through maven, in maven I have defined the plugins to install it but now in my package.json i have defined the following npm install command, please advise how can i install all node modules and can define them in package.json
package.json
{
"name": "MyProject",
"version": "1.0.0",
"author": "Saral",
"scripts":{
"start":"node gulpfile.js",
"prebuild": "npm install",
"build": "gulp"
},
"dependencies": {
"gulp": "*",
"gulp-ruby-sass": "*",
"gulp-util": "*",
"gulp-rename": "*",
"gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
"gulp-concat-vendor": "0.0.4",
"map-stream": "*",
"gulp-livereload": "*",
"gulp-concat": "*",
"gulp-uglify": "*",
"gulp-minify-css" : "^1.2.1",
"gulp-notify":"2.2.0",
"gulp-inject": "1.5.0",
"run-sequence": "1.1.4",
"stream-series": "0.1.1",
"gulp-gzip": "1.2.0",
"gulp-clone": "1.0.0",
"gulp-watch": "*"
}
}

Answer 1

Go to your terminal and type in
npm install
This will crawl through all the required packages mentioned in package.json and download it to node_modules folder.
When using gulp in your gulpfile.js
var install = require("gulp-install");
gulp.src(['./bower.json', './package.json'])
.pipe(install());
So when you run gulp in your terminal all the packages in bower.json and package.json will be downloaded into bower_components and node_modules, respectively.

Answer 2

As I understand the question, just use the "Frontend Maven Plugin"
It installs node & npm: https://github.com/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin#installing-node-and-npm
Executes npm install, which is already the default argument and can be omitted: https://github.com/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin#running-npm