Manage custom package using composer.

Composer can hadle CVS (git, svn ...) and ZIP packages.

To install/Update your custom modules, add a custom repository to the composer.json file, following this example.

1. Add package repositories

Here, youtubeapi and sadb

2. Require packages to install

Here, iwsp/youtubeapi and iwsp/sadb

3. Run:  composer update

    "repositories": {

        "youtubeapi": {

            "type": "package",

            "package": {

                "name": "iwsp/youtubeapi",

                "version": "1.0.2",

                "type": "drupal-module",

                "dist": {

                    "url": "https://drupal8.ovh/sites/drupal/files/2017-01/youtubeapi.zip",

                    "type": "zip"

                }

            }

        },

        "sadb": {

            "type": "package",

            "package": {

                "name": "iwsp/sadb",

                "type": "drupal-module",

                "version": "1.0.0",

                "source": {

                  "url": "https://git.drupal.org/sandbox/NuWans/2795593",

                  "type": "git",

                  "reference": "8.x-1.x"

                }

            }

        }

    },

    "require": {

        "composer/installers": "^1.0.21",

        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "~1.3",

        "drupal/core": "^8.2",

        "iwsp/youtubeapi": "^1.0",

        "iwsp/sadb": "*"

    },

    

    

Note : If you are using http:// (not https://) add following config. But its recomended to use SSL.

    "config": {

        "secure-http": false

    },

Install drupal with custom repository (Example)

composer create-project VENDER/DRUPAL --repository-url https://packages.example.com/packages.json