Cocoapods Podspec Source HTTP Authentication Support

[cosminstirbu]

I am looking into setting up a private repo that allows distributing binary .framework files (so no source code) via Cocoapods.

The actual repo will be hosted on a Git server, just like the Cocoapods page suggests and the actual .framework files will be hosted on a different server that would allow accessing the .framework files via HTTPs.

Let's say I add this in the .podspec file:

spec.source           = { :http => 'https://myhostserver.com/Releases/v1.0.0/MyLibrary.framework.zip' }

From reading the documentation it's not clear to me what kind of authentication does Cocoapods support for referencing the .framework file via HTTPs.

I had a look at both

http://guides.cocoapods.org/making/private-cocoapods.html
https://guides.cocoapods.org/syntax/podspec.html#source

P.S. - I know this is not an Issue but I have already posted on Stackoverflow and also in the Google Groups Forum and I didn't receive a response.
I am just trying to find an answer to this as soon as possible. Sorry if this upsets anyone.

[mrackwitz]

CocoaPods' Downloader is using CURL for downloading files under the hood. If you want to use HTTP, you can setup your authentication credentials in the ~/.netrc file.

[cosminstirbu]

Thank you for your reply.

Unfortunately, I receive a 403 event if I have set my credentials in ~/.netrc

I have used the following command

pod repo push MyRepoName MyFramework.podspec --verbose --allow-warnings

And it produces the following error:

$ /usr/bin/curl -f -L -o /var/folders/x1/ld696pnn7bq6nfwnxlrk8gw00000gp/T/d20160323-15247-1ujke37/file.zip http://jenkins:8080/job/MyFramework/job/iOS_Release/7/artifact/Output/MyFramework.zip --create-dirs
     % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                    Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

     0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden

[!] Error installing MyFramework

However if I run the above curl command by also adding the -n option (--netrc) it works.
So I think the way Cocoapods calls curl under the hood doesn't work for me :(

The version of Cocoapods that I'm using is 0.39.0
Please help!

[mrackwitz]

Whoops! It doesn't seem like the downloader actually passed the option -n. I think, it would make sense to do that by default.

[mrackwitz]

As a workaround for now, you might want to create a .curlrc file where you set the option -n by default.

[cosminstirbu]

I have ended up creating a separate Git repository and I use as source_url the git repository where I host the .framework and the html documentation as resources.

[eugenebiryukov]

Hello! Is there any way to make cocoapods available to ask for credentials in the installation process, without using the .netrc-file?