php - How to correct the [ComposerDownloaderTransportException] error for composer

Question

Good day people, I have been having this problem for days now, when I try to download dependencies for my php project using composer I get this error

c:wamp64wwwTest>composer global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:^1.3.1"
Changed current directory to C:/Users/Nwachukwu Favour/AppData/Roaming/Composer
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)

Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.


  [ComposerDownloaderTransportException]
  The "http://packagist.org/p/provider-2014%241cf88bd0ed4076dc091407477ba2a76483e8598ee5365673381262e6c1d40fcf.jso
  n" file could not be downloaded: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed!


require [--dev] [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--no-plugins] [--no-progress] [--no-update] [--update-no-dev] [--update-with-dependencies] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [--sort-packages] [-o|--optimize-autoloader] [-a|--classmap-authoritative] [--] [<packages>]...

I am running a windows 10 OS and am suspecting that my system cannot download from the command line. I would be very glad if someone can help me solve this problem because it is hindering my project. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You could also run this command on the CLI before installing any dependencies. It forces composer to use https to download all resources:

composer config -g repo.packagist composer https://packagist.org