Magento 2 library without composer?

Question

What would be the steps and the proper way to call a 3rd party module that you cannot load via composer? Is there a acceptable method for doing this in Magento 2?

I am looking at implementing a 3rd party library into a store but the library is not open source or available on packagist.org.

Answer 1

You have different possibilities to work with composer package even if they are not in public repository like packagist.

1) Possibility

Own Composer Repository, you can achieve this with Satis or Private Packagist or Toran Proxy.

2) Possibility

Artifact, In this case you don't need have a online repository. Is a compressed folder with your private packages. E.g:

{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "artifact",
            "url": "path/to/directory/with/zips/"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "private-vendor-one/core": "15.6.2",
        "private-vendor-two/connectivity": "*",
    }
}

3) Possibility

Path You can specify a path (relative or absolute) of your composer repo in host. E.g:

{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "path",
            "url": "../../packages/my-package"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "private-vendor/package": "*"
    }
}

With these possibilities you don't need deal with others solutions IMHO.

You have more info about composer repos here

Answer 2

This solution allows you to work with your private repositories at GitHub and BitBucket.

The branch used is the master, if you want to use the develop for example use dev-develop instead of dev-master.

{
    "require": {
        "vendor/my-private-repo": "dev-master"
    },
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url":  "git@bitbucket.org:vendor/my-private-repo.git"
        }
    ]
}

The only requirement is the installation of SSH keys for a git client.