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'403 Forbidden' response in installing laravel spark

Hello there when I tried to run ‘spark new project-name’ I get this resoponse:

[GuzzleHttp\Exception\ClientException] Client error: GET https://spark.laravel.com/api/releases/0.1.14/download?a pi_token=uKE0G9LdW9abwDOozRtpGYzpLYXoIWA4QVSwQYnpm7XqqVgcwpa9TkkuEb6k resu lted in a 403 Forbidden response:

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I am running on Laravel homestead in Windows,

I have registered my API token using ‘spark register token-value’ in the laravel spark installer, why did I get this response? Is it because I haven’t set up my billing info in the site?

I will apreciate any help. Thanks!

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mdecooman's avatar

Hi, @rtacadena,

Spark is not downloadable if you have not buy a license first. Once bought, You can have as many dev sites as you want though. Hope this help.

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mdecooman's avatar
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"Licenses are valid for an entire major release "series". In other words, a license entitles you to all updates for Spark 1.x. Each license may only be used on a single site unless it is a multi-site license." (From Spark website)

If you buy one license you are entitled to all upgrades/releases of the same major branch. Note that Spark is out officially on the 19th of this month. You can only have in production 1 site for 1 license unless you purchase the unlimited license.

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DjMeas's avatar

@Cronix Is there not a way to specify the Spark version (5.0.1 in this case) when creating a new app using the Spark Installer?

Cronix's avatar

I'm sure you can if you install via composer. I don't know about the spark installer as I don't use it.

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