How to set node_path for hubot

I use hubot (specifically hubot-hipchat) and want to use the https://github.com/scriby/asyncblock node module . What is the correct way to import / use a node module in hubot?

I cd where I installed hubot (~ / hubot) and did

Edit hubot / packages.json added hubot-hipchat, asyncblock to the dependency section.

  "dependencies": {
    "hubot-hipchat": ">= 1.0.4",
    "hubot": "2.1.4",
    "hubot-scripts": ">=2.0.4",
    "optparse": "1.0.3",
    "asyncblock": "2.0.8"
  }

Then I do the following in my /test.coffee scripts:

asyncblock = require('asyncblock')

When I start hubot, I get the error message: ERROR error: cannot find module 'asyncblock'

~ / hubot / node_modules / asyncblock exists. Therefore, I try:

require.paths.push('/home/ubuntu/hubot/node_modules')

Now I can not find the error, but I get a new one:

ERROR Error: require.paths is removed. Use node_modules folders, or the NODE_PATH environment variable instead.

What am I doing wrong?

I'm just trying to execute a system command on an ubuntu server where I have hubot running:

  asyncblock((flow) ->
    exec('node -v', flow.add())
    result = flow.wait()
    msg.send result
  )

: , NODE_PATH env var :

env NODE_PATH="/usr/lib/nodejs:/usr/share/javascript:/home/ubuntu/hubot/node_modules"

hubot/ node_modules??

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script require('asyncblock')? ~/hubot? , require ~/hubot/node_modules.

module.paths script, , script require.

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, npm, . hubot :

npm install --save asyncblock

package.json. , , , , .

asyncblock= require 'asyncblock'

, script

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It is much easier to do. I also use hubot and hipchat. All you have to do is:

cd hubot-dir;
npm install asyncblock

Here you should observe:

$ npm install asyncblock
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/asyncblock
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/asyncblock
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/asyncblock/-/asyncblock-2.0.9.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/asyncblock/-/asyncblock-2.0.9.tgz
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/fibers/0.6.7
npm http GET https://github.com/scriby/UglifyJS/tarball/1.2.5-6
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/fibers/0.6.7
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/fibers/-/fibers-0.6.7.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/fibers/-/fibers-0.6.7.tgz
npm http 200 https://github.com/scriby/UglifyJS/tarball/1.2.5-6
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp/-/node-gyp-0.4.5.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp/-/node-gyp-0.4.5.tgz
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/glob
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/graceful-fs
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/fstream
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nopt
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/semver
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/tar
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/which
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/request
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi/-/ansi-0.0.4.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/graceful-fs
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-1.1.8.tgz
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/fstream
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/fstream/-/fstream-0.1.18.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.0.2.tgz
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/nopt
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/glob
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/glob/-/glob-3.1.9.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/semver
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-1.0.14.tgz
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/request
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-0.2.5.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/which
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/tar
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/which/-/which-1.0.5.tgz
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/tar/-/tar-0.1.13.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-1.1.8.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi/-/ansi-0.0.4.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/fstream/-/fstream-0.1.18.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.0.2.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/glob/-/glob-3.1.9.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-0.2.5.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-1.0.14.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/which/-/which-1.0.5.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/tar/-/tar-0.1.13.tgz
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/block-stream
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits/-/inherits-1.0.0.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-1.1.0.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/block-stream
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/block-stream/-/block-stream-0.0.5.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits/-/inherits-1.0.0.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-1.1.0.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/block-stream/-/block-stream-0.0.5.tgz

fibers@0.6.7 install /tmp/hubot/node_modules/asyncblock/node_modules/fibers
node ./build.js

`linux-ia32` exists; skipping build
asyncblock@2.0.9 ./node_modules/asyncblock
├── uglify-js_scriby@1.2.5-6
└── fibers@0.6.7 (node-gyp@0.4.5)
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