Store access credentials are necessary

[szepeviktor]

Add the store access credentials.

@ajitbohra How does a plugin self-update itself with a single license key?

Why does composer-edd-plugin need store access credentials too?
Please advise.

[ajitbohra]

• Plugin will not be able to self-update as we need to manually bump the version numbers
• auth credentials are required to download the final release zip without auth details download will fail

[szepeviktor]

I do not understand.

AFAIK A plugin using EDD to update itself has only a license key. How does WP update mechanism operate with a single license key?

[ajitbohra]

You are right for a plugin, update happens with just a license key.

We have dev, staging & production env and composer install was failing to get through, and adding auth details helped.

May be with further investigation we might be able to get the root cause of this and eliminate the need for auth details.

[szepeviktor]

These are the 3 steps to download a ZIP from the seller's website:

ffraenz/private-composer-installer#22 (comment)

[ajitbohra]

step 3 is where currently we need the auth credentials for the store

[szepeviktor]

I see.
Thank you.

• change user-agent?
• rate limited?
• any other behavior difference from WP core's HTTP client?