How can I deploy node modules in a Meteor app on meteor.com?

Question

I have an application that uses the node twit module that is available via

npm install twit

I deployed the node module locally from .m

Answer 1

Answer found from JonathanKingston on meteor irc. Referred to meteoric project

Put node modules in the projects public directory.

Use code like this to make sure it loads.

var require = __meteor_bootstrap__.require;
var path = require("path");
var fs = require('fs');
var Twit;
var twitPath = 'node_modules/twit';

var base = path.resolve('.');
if (base == '/'){
  base = path.dirname(global.require.main.filename);   
}

var publicPath = path.resolve(base+'/public/'+twitPath);
var staticPath = path.resolve(base+'/static/'+twitPath);

if (path.existsSync(publicPath)){
  Twit = require(publicPath);
}
else if (path.existsSync(staticPath)){
  Twit = require(staticPath);
}
else{
  console.log('node_modules not found');
}

meteor deploy should work find after that, sill me for putting my node modules in the server dirs