Recommended way to require Node.js modules in Meteor

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I'm hacking my way through my first Meteor app, and I've opened a bit of a rabbit hole in trying to connect to S3. I've installed awssum using meteorite, but it appears that I need to install the Node.js module of the same name to actually work through the examples. I'll eventually deploy my app to Heroku, and I'd like to be able to package my dependencies with my code. Googling a bit I've found a number of ways to do this, and I'm wondering which is close to being the best practice:

install the package I need in /public (https://github.com/possibilities/meteor-node-modules) (seems risky)
hack the buildpack I'm using (https://github.com/oortcloud/heroku-buildpack-meteorite) to require the node packages I need
Deploy my project as a Node module itself, thereby allowing dependencies (https://github.com/matb33/heroku-meteor-npm)
bundle your project, untar it, and install in the created node_modules dir (Recommended way to use node.js modules with meteor)

Which route should I take?

Till the guys from Meteor come out with interoperability of NPM packages, I recommend [chrislunsford's hack](http://chrislunsford.com/up-and-running-with-meteor-and-heroku.html). I am using this for 2 Meteor apps on production on Heroku and it works like a charm! — Prashant, Feb 25 '13 at 19:47
Exact duplicate of [How do we or can we use node modules via npm with Meteor?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10165978/how-do-we-or-can-we-use-node-modules-via-npm-with-meteor) — Dan Dascalescu, Apr 08 '14 at 23:47

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '13 at 19:33

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We are closing in on a release that interoperates w/ NPM packages. See Avi's writeup on meteor-talk.

He also gave a tech talk at last month's Devshop previewing the work, using S3 as the example: http://youtu.be/kA-QB9rQCq8

answered Feb 25 '13 at 19:33

debergalis

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This is why I love Meteor and have 2 apps on production on Heroku! – Prashant Feb 25 '13 at 19:46

Recommended way to require Node.js modules in Meteor

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