# Adjusted package.json of node-red-contrib-spotify locally, how to 'reload' it into Node Red?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjusted-package-json-of-node-red-contrib-spotify-locally-how-to-reload-it-into-node-red/93915
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**Created:** [15 December 2024 17:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjusted-package-json-of-node-red-contrib-spotify-locally-how-to-reload-it-into-node-red/93915 "2024-12-15T17:41:16Z")
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### Author:  [@quizzical](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/quizzical)
#### Post date: [15 December 2024 17:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjusted-package-json-of-node-red-contrib-spotify-locally-how-to-reload-it-into-node-red/93915/1 "2024-12-15T17:41:16Z")
Sorry this is probably a silly question.
I saw that [node-red-contrib-spotify](https://github.com/pckhib/node-red-contrib-spotify) does not have all Spotify API functionalities.
Essentially node-red-contrib-spotify is a wrapper around [spotify-web-api-node](https://github.com/thelinmichael/spotify-web-api-node) which is missing these functionalities.
I see that [this fork](https://github.com/sergencug/spotify-web-api-node) has the missing functionalities.
So I opened \192.168.1.5\addon\_configs\a0d7b954\_nodered\node\_modules\node-red-contrib-spotify\package.json and adjusted the dependency to point to the fork:
"dependencies": {
"spotify-web-api-node": "github:sergencug/spotify-web-api-node"
}
But how do I get Node Red to reload the package.json file? I tried rebooting the node red addon in Home Assistant, but it didn't work.
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### Author:  [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)
#### Post date: [15 December 2024 18:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjusted-package-json-of-node-red-contrib-spotify-locally-how-to-reload-it-into-node-red/93915/2 "2024-12-15T18:41:32Z")
Im not sure this will work (I'm not a pro at the `NPM` internals) - or HA, not many here use HA.
But go to your `.node-red` directory (or whatever that is for HA - again, not many users of HA here)
and issue `npm install` at the terminal - of the node-red environment
finally restart Node-RED
I'm not sure that will work, but could be wrong - have never done these type of patches.
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### Author:  [@quizzical](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/quizzical)
#### Post date: [15 December 2024 18:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjusted-package-json-of-node-red-contrib-spotify-locally-how-to-reload-it-into-node-red/93915/3 "2024-12-15T18:53:00Z")
Thanks for the suggestion!
So when I do the following:
cd /config/node-red/
npm install
I get an error:
bash: npm: command not found
And searching online I don't really find others who are trying to then install npm (and I wouldn't know how to do it), so I guess that's the wrong way to go.
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### Author:  [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)
#### Post date: [15 December 2024 18:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjusted-package-json-of-node-red-contrib-spotify-locally-how-to-reload-it-into-node-red/93915/4 "2024-12-15T18:55:27Z")
Under Node JS
For an envinrment to align with your package file - it will use `NPM` - to install the `dependencies`.
sadly - this seems like an HA thing 🤷♂️
Remember to run these commands, under the env Node RED is running under (have no idea, how HA does that) - docker maybe?
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [15 December 2024 20:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjusted-package-json-of-node-red-contrib-spotify-locally-how-to-reload-it-into-node-red/93915/5 "2024-12-15T20:19:30Z")
> [@quizzical](#):
>
> [this fork](https://github.com/sergencug/spotify-web-api-node) has the missing functionalities
Why not just install the fork?
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [15 December 2024 22:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjusted-package-json-of-node-red-contrib-spotify-locally-how-to-reload-it-into-node-red/93915/6 "2024-12-15T22:57:42Z")
The fork is just of the underlying library. Hence why they have updated the nodes package.json to pull it in.
Personally I would repack it outside of HA by cloning the original node, updating the package.json as described. Re run npm install to pull it in, then run npm pack to create a new local tgz file. That can then be loaded into HA using the normal Node-RED install menu.
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### Author:  [@quizzical](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/quizzical)
#### Post date: [16 December 2024 19:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjusted-package-json-of-node-red-contrib-spotify-locally-how-to-reload-it-into-node-red/93915/7 "2024-12-16T19:45:00Z")
@marcus-j-davies, thanks I will check in the Home Assistant forums whether someone can provide advice on that.
@Colin, indeed because of what @dceejay explains 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [16 March 2025 19:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjusted-package-json-of-node-red-contrib-spotify-locally-how-to-reload-it-into-node-red/93915/8 "2025-03-16T19:45:33Z")
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