Installing github package into Laravel project using composer

Question

I need to install custom packages from github url using composer. My Laravel 5.2 based project is clean and fresh install.

The github project I need is: https://github.com/cmcdonaldca/ohShopify.php

I am still new to Laravel and composer and need help with clear steps as much as possible.

Any help?

Answer 1

I am going to use this repo to explain the steps. The reasons is because the repo you includes do not have composer.json which I don't think possible to install using composer in that case

1. Add repositories in composer.json

   "repositories": [
      {
        "url": "https://github.com/notmaintained/shopify.php",
   
         "type": "git"
       }
    ],
   

2. Add the package name in require with the branch name after the dev:

   "sandeepshetty/shopify.php" : "dev-master"
   

EDIT:

Just tested this. There are some error since it was unmaintained package but you should get the idea of installing composer package using git.

Answer 2

An improvement to the answer above.

1. Add repositories in composer.json

   "repositories": [
       {
           "url": "https://github.com/notmaintained/shopify.php",
   
           "type": "git"
       }
   ],
   

2. Add the package name in require with the branch name after the dev:

   "sandeepshetty/shopify.php" : "dev-master"
   

The package name is sometimes mistaken with the username/repo name. Always open the composer.json file to get the actual packcage name. I spent great deal of time looking around.

Answer 3

Composer uses packages from the repository https://packagist.org/. You can't really just use github packages directly from github.

You have 2 options here.

1. Use a package available on https://packagist.org/ to integrate with the shopify API. I've had a look on packagist and found rocket-code/shopify and phpish/shopify. To add them to your laravel project, in the folder that contains the composer.json file use the following command:

   composer require rocket-code/shopify

2. You could create your own packagist package using the git repository. so you'll clone the repo and then create your own packagist account. So sign up, get a packagist account, upload the file and then require it in your laravel project.

I suggest that you use an existing composer package, as it takes away the responsibility of managing your own package.