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electron-updater and private source code

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In a recent issue #2289 I learned that electron-updater requires a GH_TOKEN on each user’s machine in order to download private GitHub Releases. Since my app is only meant for employees of my company, I’m wondering if I can include the token in my code, and serve the initial DMG internally.

I got this idea from an issue over at electron-updater-example, which uses setFeedURL:

However the auto-updater docs say not to use setFeedURL:

I understand the security risks in hardcoding a token into the code, but is it possible to allow an app using electron-updater to download updates from a private GitHub repo using this method somehow?

If not, would this be possible using S3 in a similarly private/closed source situation?

Thank you!

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Created 6 years ago
Comments:10 (1 by maintainers)

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AlmondBrocommented, Feb 15, 2019

Hi, please re-open this issue! I am in the same exact situation with my project.

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jesusroglierocommented, Apr 14, 2022

Saludooo!!!

Estoy actualmente en la misma problemática, alguien ha podido encontrar la solución?

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