Possible to install module from private repository URL?

[Robin S]

Does anyone know if there is a way to install a module via the "Add Module From URL" feature if the module is in a private repository? It's a GitLab repository in this case.

When I try to do this it fails with:

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File could not be downloaded... file_get_contents(...): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found (tried: fopen)

The URL is correct, but no doubt needs authentication to be accessed. Is there a way to supply username/password to allow the download? 

[titanium]

Since GitLab doesn't support simple basic auth, you're out of luck with "username:password@" in front of the url. But you can set the "private_token" parameter like this: https://mygitlabserver.com/myrepo/repository/master/archive.zip?private_token=2CEgvKCfrABgshElokZ3

The private token can be generated within the GitLab personal user settings. This should get you going: https://mygitlabserver.com/profile/personal_access_tokens - replace "mygitlabserver.com" with the url of your GitLab server.

[Robin S]

Works great, thanks!