How to use private Github repo as npm dependency

git, github, node.js, npm, package.json

Solution

It can be done via https and oauth or ssh.

https and oauth: create an access token that has "repo" scope and then use this syntax:

"package-name": "git+https://<github_token>:x-oauth-basic@github.com/<user>/<repo>.git"

or

ssh: setup ssh and then use this syntax:

"package-name": "git+ssh://git@github.com:<user>/<repo>.git"

(note the use of colon instead of slash before user)

Problem

How do I list a private Github repo as a `"dependency"` in `package.json`? I tried npm's Github URLs syntaxes like `ryanve/example`, but doing `npm install` in the package folder gives "could not install" errors for the private dependencies. Is there a special syntax (or some other mechanism) for depending on private repos?

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