Enabling autocompletion in WebStorm for node.js modules installed via npm

Question

I am using WebStorm 5.0.4 to develop a node.js app.

I installed several node modules globally using

npm install -g module-name

and linked them into the project using

npm link module-name

Autocompletion does not work for any of the npm installed modules. It only works for core modules (e.g. http or path).

Furthermore, WebStorm gives a warning "Unresolved function or method xyz" for any of the functions I call from npm installed modules.

How do I make WebStorm autocomplete and generally become aware of the installed modules that I require?

Answer 1

I'm not sure if this accounts for your particular situation, however I ran into a similar issue in WebStorm 5.0.4, whereas anything that was required was not auto-completing. I was able to resolve this issue by going into my Project Settings, navigating to JavaScript | Libraries, checking "Node.js Core Modules" and "Node.js Globals", and clicking apply.