{"issue":{"created_at":"2011-11-26T12:54:01Z","state":"closed","updated_at":"2011-11-27T21:32:22Z","user":{"gravatar_id":"ca2bdbdbe1ffe47ae76401ee91431189","id":591852,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/acoppes","login":"acoppes","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca2bdbdbe1ffe47ae76401ee91431189?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png"},"comments":9,"body":"I couldn't get authenticated using my Github token instead user/password, the error:\r\n\r\n\"Listing downloads failed: Bad credentials (401)\"\r\n\r\n(stacktrace at the end of the issue)\r\n\r\nTried using the org.eclipse.egit.github.core directly with a small test:\r\n\r\n\tpublic static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {\r\n\t\tGitHubClient client = new GitHubClient();\r\n\t\tclient.setOAuth2Token(MY_PRIVATE_TOKEN);\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tRepositoryService service = new RepositoryService(client);\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tRepository repository = service.getRepository(\"gemserk\", \"animation4j\");\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tSystem.out.println(\"has downloads: \" + repository.isHasDownloads());\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tDownloadService downloadService = new DownloadService(client);\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tList<Download> downloads = downloadService.getDownloads(repository);\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tfor (Download download : downloads) {\r\n\t\t\tSystem.out.println(\"download: \" + download.getName());\r\n\t\t}\r\n\t\t\r\n\t}\r\n\r\nBut failed too, tried changing my Github token and keeps failing. Btw, I own the repository of the example and I already used that API token previously with the maven-github-plugin (https://github.com/kevinpollet/maven-github-plugin). \r\n\r\nIt worked when using user/pass pair.\r\n\r\nForgive me if I am misunderstanding something about the token.\r\n\r\norg.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Listing downloads failed: Bad credentials (401)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:719)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:556)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:535)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:387)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:348)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:180)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:328)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:138)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:60)\r\n\tat sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)\r\n\tat sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)\r\n\tat sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)\r\n\tat java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)\r\n\tat org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)\r\n\tat org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)\r\n\tat org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)\r\n\tat org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)\r\nCaused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Listing downloads failed: Bad credentials (401)\r\n\tat com.github.maven.plugins.downloads.DownloadsMojo.getExistingDownloads(DownloadsMojo.java:242)\r\n\tat com.github.maven.plugins.downloads.DownloadsMojo.execute(DownloadsMojo.java:280)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:490)\r\n\tat org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:694)\r\n\t... 17 more\r\nCaused by: org.eclipse.egit.github.core.client.RequestException: Bad credentials (401)\r\n\tat org.eclipse.egit.github.core.client.GitHubClient.createException(GitHubClient.java:383)\r\n\tat org.eclipse.egit.github.core.client.GitHubClient.get(GitHubClient.java:470)\r\n\tat org.eclipse.egit.github.core.client.PageIterator.next(PageIterator.java:160)\r\n\tat org.eclipse.egit.github.core.service.GitHubService.getAll(GitHubService.java:136)\r\n\tat org.eclipse.egit.github.core.service.DownloadService.getDownloads(DownloadService.java:178)\r\n\tat com.github.maven.plugins.downloads.DownloadsMojo.getExistingDownloads(DownloadsMojo.java:229)\r\n\t... 20 more\r\n\r\n\r\n","assignee":null,"id":2355267,"number":7,"pull_request":{"patch_url":null,"html_url":null,"diff_url":null},"labels":[],"title":"Authentication is failing when using the API token","closed_at":"2011-11-26T20:48:37Z","html_url":"https://github.com/github/maven-plugins/issues/7","milestone":null,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/maven-plugins/issues/7"},"action":"created","comment":{"created_at":"2011-11-27T21:32:22Z","updated_at":"2011-11-27T21:32:22Z","user":{"gravatar_id":"4e3f068bcac207404306e790c0d662ed","id":671378,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/kevinsawicki","login":"kevinsawicki","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4e3f068bcac207404306e790c0d662ed?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png"},"body":"No, you should be able to use the token for an unlimited amount of time once you have it","id":2890298,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/github/maven-plugins/issues/comments/2890298"}}