In Meteor: How to use a npm library that should be pulled from a repository? - node.js

Question

In my packages.json file, I have:
{
"sendwithus":"git+https://git#github.com/whalepath/sendwithus_nodejs.git#enable_testing_server"
}
because I need to use a forked ( and fixed version of the library). The above syntax works in straight node. How to do this in meteor?
This is the error I get:
=> Started proxy.
=> Errors prevented startup:
While reading package from `src/packages/npm-container`:
package.js:14:7: must declare exact version of dependency:
sendwithus#git+https://git#github.com/whalepath/sendwithus_nodejs.git#enable_testing_server
Update:
I tried removing the line and using meteor add to get the package included:
Failed:
meteor add sendwithus#2.9.1#https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithus_nodejs/commit/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4
=> Errors while parsing arguments:
While adding package sendwithus#2.9.1#https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithus_nodejs/commit/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4:
error: Package names can only contain lowercase ASCII alphanumerics, dash, dot, or colon, not "#".
Failed:
$ meteor add sendwithus#2.9.1_https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithus_nodejs/commit/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4
=> Errors while parsing arguments:
While adding package sendwithus#2.9.1_https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithus_nodejs/commit/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4:
error: Can't have two _ in version: 2.9.1_https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithus_nodejs/commit/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4
Failed:
$ meteor add server:sendwithus#2.9.1#https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithus_nodejs/commit/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4
=> Errors while parsing arguments:
While adding package server:sendwithus#2.9.1#https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithus_nodejs/commit/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4:
error: Package names can only contain lowercase ASCII alphanumerics, dash, dot, or colon, not "#".
Failed:
$ meteor add sendwithus#https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithusnodejs/commit/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4
=> Errors while parsing arguments:
While adding package sendwithus#https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithusnodejs/commit/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4:
error: Version string must look like semver (eg '1.2.3'), not 'https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithusnodejs/commit/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4'.

Answer 1

Based on the answer to this issue when I posted it to enter link description here, the only solution is to create a fake meteor package to wrap the new node library.
Npm.depends({sendwithus: "https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithusnodejs/commit/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4"});
To extend this answer:
Just to use a fork of a npm library requires:
packages/sendwithus/main.js:
SendWithUs = Npm.require('sendwithus');
2.
packages/sendwithus/package.js:
Package.describe({
summary: 'Wrapped sendwithus library',
version: '2.9.1',
name: 'sendwithus'
});
Npm.depends({sendwithus: "https://github.com/whalepath/sendwithus_nodejs/tarball/41b0d177f6eabf02de2daec9bb2b36daebbfbef4"});
Package.onUse(function(api){
api.addFiles('main.js', 'server');
api.export('SendWithUs');
});
removing the reference in the packages.json
meteor add sendwithus
Using the SendWithUs variable
Maybe this could be improved?