Ability to use a local copy of npm package

[brc-dd]

Is there any way to use a local (modified) copy of an NPM package instead of a published one in this command? Thanks!

deno run -A --unstable npm:vite

[dsherret]

No, it's not something that's possible at the moment, but definitely on our radar. It wouldn't be difficult to implement. It's more a question of how it's specified so if anyone has any ideas let us know.

Maybe like npm:///path/to/local/package/folder, then if you do npm:///path/to/local/package/folder/some/sub_path.js it would resolve the first actual package.json going up the parents (so at /path/to/local/package/folder/package.json) and then resolve the rest of the path (./some/sub_path.js) as a subpath from there. I'm not sure though and there's probably some way that breaks down.

[brc-dd]

For now, I suppose just some way to use tarball would be sufficient, one can just do npm pack and deno run. 🤔

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[yisibl]

Yes, we need the ability to import local packages.

Usage scenario: I am an author of an npm package and I need to test if my npm package works well in deno.

[JonasBa]

+1 here, I am attempting to make test an npm package using native modules in deno and this would have made my life much easier

[JonasBa]

@dsherret mind providing some extra context around this? I might try and find some time to give this a go