How to pass nexus credentials in a gradle task to download the artifacts

Question

I am trying to download the artifact from nexus to my local directory using gradle task.I have to pass username/password in my gradle task to downlaod the artifact.Below is my Gradle Task

task downloadFile(type: MyDownload) {
  sourceUrl = 'http://localhost:8081/xxx/xxx/xxx'
  target = new File('E:/bookstore/', 'build.zip')
}

class MyDownload extends DefaultTask {
  @Input
  String sourceUrl

  @OutputFile
  File target

  @TaskAction
  void download() {
    ant.get(src: sourceUrl, dest: target)
  }
}

I am able to access with this task when i remove authorization in nexus but i need to enable authorization in nexus and pass the credentials through Gradle task

smac89 · Answer 1 · 2021-01-18T18:41:15.753

There are many ways to do this, but my favourite is doing it through special environment variables which can be read as project properties.

ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_nexus_user=foo
ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_nexus_password=bar

Inside your task, just look for the project properties nexus_user and nexus_password:

@TaskAction
void download() {
    def user = project.findProperty('nexus_user') ?: ''
    def pass = project.findProperty('nexus_password') ?: ''
    ...
}

See also Pass env variables to gradle.properties

How to pass nexus credentials in a gradle task to download the artifacts

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