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I followed alanstorm's magento 2 guides and now I am
in Magento world for a little more than a month.
https://alanstorm.com/category/magento-2/#magento-2-mvc

I've come across this tutorial about creating rest-api
https://webkul.com/blog/magento2-custom-rest-api/
it says to make a composer.json and I don't actually know why
I need this or where to use this.

I didn't make composer.json file to make
non-api modules and it worked fine.

magento2 api

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I followed alanstorm's magento 2 guides and now I am
in Magento world for a little more than a month.
https://alanstorm.com/category/magento-2/#magento-2-mvc

I've come across this tutorial about creating rest-api
https://webkul.com/blog/magento2-custom-rest-api/
it says to make a composer.json and I don't actually know why
I need this or where to use this.

I didn't make composer.json file to make
non-api modules and it worked fine.

magento2 api

share|improve this question

asked 4 hours ago

Jinmo ChongJinmo Chong

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I followed alanstorm's magento 2 guides and now I am
in Magento world for a little more than a month.
https://alanstorm.com/category/magento-2/#magento-2-mvc

I've come across this tutorial about creating rest-api
https://webkul.com/blog/magento2-custom-rest-api/
it says to make a composer.json and I don't actually know why
I need this or where to use this.

I didn't make composer.json file to make
non-api modules and it worked fine.

magento2 api

share|improve this question

asked 4 hours ago

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Basically, composer.json is included in your custom module to define metadata and declare external and third-party dependencies that it needs in order for it to function. As Magento 2 uses composer to package components.

However, your custom module still works if you are using it directly in your Magento webshop(like you are installing it manually) but if you plan or want to submit it to the Magento Marketplace you should include the composer.json file.

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While a Magento 2 module/extension can function without it, the main purpose of the composer.json file is to let composer manage that module/extension.

The existence of composer.json allows:

• installing the module through composer


• composer to figure out the module's/extension's dependencies


• the upgrade of the module through composer

Also, form what I've read MagentoFrameworkModulePackageInfo is also related to the existence of the composer.json file, so you might want to take a look at that, too.

Cheers,
Radu

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Basically, composer.json is included in your custom module to define metadata and declare external and third-party dependencies that it needs in order for it to function. As Magento 2 uses composer to package components.

However, your custom module still works if you are using it directly in your Magento webshop(like you are installing it manually) but if you plan or want to submit it to the Magento Marketplace you should include the composer.json file.

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks, learned a new thing.
  
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add a comment | 

0

Basically, composer.json is included in your custom module to define metadata and declare external and third-party dependencies that it needs in order for it to function. As Magento 2 uses composer to package components.

However, your custom module still works if you are using it directly in your Magento webshop(like you are installing it manually) but if you plan or want to submit it to the Magento Marketplace you should include the composer.json file.

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

magefmsmagefms

2,3772426

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks, learned a new thing.
  
  – Jinmo Chong
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Basically, composer.json is included in your custom module to define metadata and declare external and third-party dependencies that it needs in order for it to function. As Magento 2 uses composer to package components.

However, your custom module still works if you are using it directly in your Magento webshop(like you are installing it manually) but if you plan or want to submit it to the Magento Marketplace you should include the composer.json file.

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

magefmsmagefms

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answered 2 hours ago

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While a Magento 2 module/extension can function without it, the main purpose of the composer.json file is to let composer manage that module/extension.

The existence of composer.json allows:

• installing the module through composer


• composer to figure out the module's/extension's dependencies


• the upgrade of the module through composer

Also, form what I've read MagentoFrameworkModulePackageInfo is also related to the existence of the composer.json file, so you might want to take a look at that, too.

Cheers,
Radu

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

RaduRadu

1318

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  Thank you Raud!
  
  – Jinmo Chong
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It's Radu :) you're welcome! @magefms beat me to it :P
  
  – Radu
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

While a Magento 2 module/extension can function without it, the main purpose of the composer.json file is to let composer manage that module/extension.

The existence of composer.json allows:

• installing the module through composer


• composer to figure out the module's/extension's dependencies


• the upgrade of the module through composer

Also, form what I've read MagentoFrameworkModulePackageInfo is also related to the existence of the composer.json file, so you might want to take a look at that, too.

Cheers,
Radu

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

RaduRadu

1318

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thank you Raud!
  
  – Jinmo Chong
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It's Radu :) you're welcome! @magefms beat me to it :P
  
  – Radu
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

While a Magento 2 module/extension can function without it, the main purpose of the composer.json file is to let composer manage that module/extension.

The existence of composer.json allows:

• installing the module through composer


• composer to figure out the module's/extension's dependencies


• the upgrade of the module through composer

Also, form what I've read MagentoFrameworkModulePackageInfo is also related to the existence of the composer.json file, so you might want to take a look at that, too.

Cheers,
Radu

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

RaduRadu

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answered 2 hours ago

RaduRadu

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RaduRadu

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