# Ionic V2 & npm modules

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-v2-npm-modules/50185>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [April 23, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-v2-npm-modules/50185 "2016-04-23T14:02:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![n40jpj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e8c25b/32.png) [@n40jpj](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/n40jpj)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-v2-npm-modules/50185/1 "2016-04-23T14:02:58Z")

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Hi All,

I have used V1 since in beta, I am now making my way over to V2. I have a number of npm plugins I would like to use, but I am missing something when adding them to my project.

if I use npm install external module - is there anything else I need to do to include this or does webpack deal with this for me? The reason I ask is that I don’t want to have to add an import from the node\_modules directory in my index.html file.

Happy to be pointed at documentation, and perhaps this is my misunderstanding of webpack. Any help is appreciated.

John

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**Author:** ![iignatov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/iignatov/32/100112_2.png) [@iignatov](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/iignatov)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-v2-npm-modules/50185/2 "2016-04-23T14:35:28Z")

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I’ll recommend you to check out the following article: [Ionic 2 and External Libraries](http://mhartington.io/post/ionic2-external-libraries/). You’ll probably have to also customize the build process. Check out the [ionic-gulp-tasks](https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-gulp-tasks) and more precisely [scripts-copy](https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-gulp-tasks/tree/master/scripts-copy).