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Discussion on: Auto-Deploy a Node.js Server: Heroku + GitHub

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Replies for: I noticed there's no node_modules in the repo you linked. Do we need to npm install express before pushing the repo to heroku?

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Ryan Author •

Heroku uses the package.json file to npm install the packages itself. Make sure that you have the dependencies section:


"dependencies": {
"express": "^4.16.3"
}

note: be sure this dependencies section includes any packages you are using, or else they will not be installed.