<![CDATA[How to update/change a package.json in /app/code]]>Since I need to add some custom files in app/data, I need to include some other packages in my node app (package.json) that only lives in /app/code. But it is always overwritten after a restart so my question is how to persist the new packages in my package.json? What tricks are possible?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/9195/how-to-update-change-a-package-json-in-app-codeRSS for NodeSat, 08 Aug 2026 16:54:44 GMTThu, 11 May 2023 02:51:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How to update/change a package.json in /app/code on Sun, 14 May 2023 04:55:32 GMT]]>Documented here - https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/directus/#custom-modules

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66670https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66670Sun, 14 May 2023 04:55:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to update/change a package.json in /app/code on Sat, 13 May 2023 06:48:37 GMT]]>I was able to run the scripts. I just needed to init them with npm init and add the packages in the package.json. Each of them has their own node_modules now. Thanks for your help 👍

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66618https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66618Sat, 13 May 2023 06:48:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to update/change a package.json in /app/code on Thu, 11 May 2023 19:56:40 GMT]]>@devtron I don't know much about Directus extensions. But it looks like say https://github.com/dimitrov-adrian/directus-extension-searchsync is an extension ? Each extension has a package.json of it's own.

(If the above is correct...)

  • You can then npm install in the extension's subdirectory
  • Then, in /app/data/env.sh just add export NODE_PATH=/app/data/extensions/myext/node_modules and restart the app.

Would something like above work? NODE_PATH sets the search directory for node modules. You can even set multiple paths separated by colon.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66501https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66501Thu, 11 May 2023 19:56:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to update/change a package.json in /app/code on Thu, 11 May 2023 19:25:40 GMT]]>I guess this is related to https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/9129/how-to-install-npm-packages-in-your-app/3 .

mm, so far , we haven't found a good way to do this. You want to install custom node modules for your extension, correct ?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66496https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66496Thu, 11 May 2023 19:25:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to update/change a package.json in /app/code on Thu, 11 May 2023 12:20:43 GMT]]>@nebulon Directus

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66467https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66467Thu, 11 May 2023 12:20:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to update/change a package.json in /app/code on Thu, 11 May 2023 11:13:56 GMT]]>Which app is this then? Custom node_modules have to be supported by the app or the package

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66464https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66464Thu, 11 May 2023 11:13:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to update/change a package.json in /app/code on Thu, 11 May 2023 05:46:55 GMT]]>@girish
From the AppStore

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66441https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66441Thu, 11 May 2023 05:46:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to update/change a package.json in /app/code on Thu, 11 May 2023 04:57:07 GMT]]>@devtron Is this a custom app? Or some app from the App Store ?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66428https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66428Thu, 11 May 2023 04:57:07 GMT