Composer file can't get zip file from private github repo - github

Question

I have a composer file that is attempting to grab a zip file from a private github repo like this...
{
"name" : "myproject/project",
"type" : "project",
"authors" : [
{
"name" : "testauthor"
}
],
"repositories": [
{
"type": "package",
"package": {
"name": "tespackages/package1",
"type": "wordpress-plugin",
"version": "2.0",
"dist": {
"url": "https://github.com/myprivaterepo/myfile.zip",
"type": "zip"
}
}
}
],
"require": {
"tespackages/package1" : "2.0"
},
"config": {
"github-oauth": {
"github.com" : "myprivatereposshkey"
}
}
}
The problem is that the zip is returning a 404 error as it is unable to access it. I had assumed that using the github-oauth command would grant it access but not in this case.
Where am I going wrong?

Answer 1

I am not sure that this is an easy task - it took me a while to arrange some code to download from Releases page in private repo...
You could start here: Download a repository archive (zip) and you need to authenticate first Authentication.
If you have some kinda app that could do it - use it but I don't see in your code example where you pass or define Github username or access token, password, SSH key, etc...