NodeJS package.json dependency from github

Question

I have a nodejs project, and a dependency:

https://github.com/MrRio/jsPDF

Usually i used package.json for manage my dependencies, but jsPDF isnt in npm, can i download it from github directly in package.json?

Answer 1

You sure can.

You can specify the repository as username/repo or use a full URL such as

git://github.com/user/project.git

So in your case it'd be

"dependencies": {
  "jsPDF": "MrRio/jsPDF"
}

Also jsPDF is a client-side dependency. Meaning it won't work in Node.js and will only work in the browser, which is why it isn't in NPM, because it's not a Node.js module.