Configuring and using premium extensions (Payments)

Lurker

I have two subscriptions that I wanted to add to my forum, so I followed the guide by going to my Flarum's root directory and entering this command:
composer config repositories.extiverse composer https://extiverse.com/composer/

However, I got this error instead:
In JsonConfigSource.php line 214:
The file "./composer.json" is not writable.

I made sure that I did this beforehand:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/path-to-flarum
sudo chmod 775 -R /var/www/path-to-flarum

When I typed ls -la, I get this output:
-rwxrwxr-x 1 www-data www-data 1225 Sep 13 09:46 composer.json

Am I missing a step here?
Edited with the missing piece: usermod -aG www-data "user"

Thank you in advance for your responses.

luceos

Lurker as the file is owned by www-data, you can update the file as that user like this:

sudo -u www-data composer config repositories.extiverse composer https://extiverse.com/composer/

Or you can do that as root, because that wouldn't create the file and as such create a file owned by root which might be inaccessible:

sudo composer config repositories.extiverse composer https://extiverse.com/composer/

PS if it has been a while that you've setup/used premium extensions it's usually best to retrieve a new token from the subscriptions page. Tokens sometimes become invalid after a while.

Lurker

luceos sudo composer config repositories.extiverse composer https://extiverse.com/composer/

Thanks! I’ll try this after work. I didn’t type sudo as I thought that installing Composer globally wouldn’t require it.

Lurker

luceos sudo -u www-data composer config repositories.extiverse composer https://extiverse.com/composer/

It worked! Thanks a lot @luceos!

The next question is: How do I know that the Composer on my computer/server will now be able to download and update premium extensions I subscribed to?

I tried installing the premium extension but got this message instead:

Cannot create cache directory /var/www/.cache/composer/repo/https---extiverse.com-composer/, or directory is not writable. Proceeding without cache. See also cache-read-only config if your filesystem is read-only.
Cannot create cache directory /var/www/.cache/composer/repo/https---repo.packagist.org/, or directory is not writable. Proceeding without cache. See also cache-read-only config if your filesystem is read-only.
Info from https://repo.packagist.org: #StandWithUkraine
./composer.json has been updated
Running composer update blomstra/payments
Loading composer repositories with package information
Cannot create cache directory /var/www/.cache/composer/repo/https---extiverse.com-composer/, or directory is not writable. Proceeding without cache. See also cache-read-only config if your filesystem is read-only.
Cannot create cache directory /var/www/.cache/composer/repo/https---repo.packagist.org/, or directory is not writable. Proceeding without cache. See also cache-read-only config if your filesystem is read-only.
Info from https://repo.packagist.org: #StandWithUkraine
Updating dependencies
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

Problem 1
- Root composer.json requires "premium extension name", it could not be found in any version, there may be a typo in the package name.

Potential causes:

A typo in the package name
The package is not available in a stable-enough version according to your minimum-stability setting
see https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#minimum-stability for more details.
It's a private package and you forgot to add a custom repository to find it

Read https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md for further common problems.

Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json and ./composer.lock to their original content.

My subscription panel shows that it's currently active.

Thanks for the help!

luceos

Lurker so the problem is that using sudo to run the composer commands make composer use a different home directory..

The solution I think:

sudo composer config --auth bearer.extiverse.com yourUniqueToken
sudo -u www-data composer require <extension>

Let me know whether this helps? Did you also send in a ticket to our helpdesk by any chance?

Lurker

luceos Let me know whether this helps?

I’ll try this when I get home.

luceos Did you also send in a ticket to our helpdesk by any chance?

Yes, I did since I did not realize that there was a FAQ at the end of the extension guide. Sorry for asking the same question in different platforms.

luceos so the problem is that using sudo to run the composer commands make composer use a different home directory..

Would it help if I change the .json ownership from www-data to non-root user before installing it? Then switching it back again to www-data after the installation?

luceos

Lurker Would it help if I change the .json ownership from www-data to non-root user before installing it? Then switching it back again to www-data after the installation?

Yes, but that has to happen for composer.json, composer.lock and especially the whole vendor directory.

Lurker Yes, I did since I did not realize that there was a FAQ at the end of the extension guide. Sorry for asking the same question in different platforms.

No problem 😉

Lurker

luceos Yes, but that has to happen for composer.json, composer.lock and especially the whole vendor directory.

Hi there! I was able to finally solve it by adding my user to the group www-data via: usermod -aG www-data "user"

However, I have encountered another error when trying to install the "Payments" extension. This is the error report:

Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

Problem 1
- blomstra/payments[0.3.0, ..., 0.5.9] require brick/money ⁰.5.0 -> satisfiable by brick/money[0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.5.2, 0.5.3].
- blomstra/payments[0.1.1, ..., 0.1.2] require flarum/core ⁰.1.0-beta.15 -> found flarum/core[v0.1.0-beta.15, v0.1.0-beta.16] but it does not match your minimum-stability.
- blomstra/payments[0.2.1, ..., 0.2.3] require flarum/core ⁰.1.0-beta.16 -> found flarum/core[v0.1.0-beta.16] but it does not match your minimum-stability.
- brick/money[0.5.0, ..., 0.5.3] require brick/math ₀.7.3 | ₀.8.0 | ₀.9.0 -> found brick/math[0.7.3, ..., 0.9.3] but the package is fixed to 0.10.2 (lock file version) by a partial update and that version does not match. Make sure you list it as an argument for the update command.
- Root composer.json requires blomstra/payments * -> satisfiable by blomstra/payments[0.1.1, ..., 0.5.9].

Use the option --with-all-dependencies (-W) to allow upgrades, downgrades and removals for packages currently locked to specific versions.

Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json and ./composer.lock to their original content.

The Flarum version displayed in my admin panel is 1.5.0.

Sorry for asking asking your help a number of times @luceos. I hope I'm not abusing your kindness. Thanks again!

luceos

Lurker run the command with -W as the error proposed. Not sure but it seems you have some dependencies locked.

Lurker Use the option --with-all-dependencies (-W) to allow upgrades, downgrades and removals for packages currently locked to specific versions.

Let me know whether this helps.

Lurker

luceos Not sure but it seems you have some dependencies locked.

No idea either. I just followed the LEMP stack installation guide from DigitalOcean.

luceos run the command with -W as the error proposed

Sorry for asking this question but can you kindly ELI5 this? Do I type -W in the CLI as a separate command? Or do I include it like this: composer require blomstra/payments:"*" -W?

Appreciate your support and patience.

luceos

Lurker composer require blomstra/payments:"*" -W

Exactly that. I'm on mobile, sorry for leaving out the details.

Lurker

Lurker composer require blomstra/payments:"*" -W

Adding -W was the solution. The installation went without a hitch. Thanks a lot!

For the set-up, does "yourforum.com" in the Endpoint URL: https://yourforum.com/api/blomstra-payments/stripe/webhook refer to your Flarum domain? Thanks!

luceos

Lurker For the set-up, does "yourforum.com" in the Endpoint URL: https://yourforum.com/api/blomstra-payments/stripe/webhook refer to your Flarum domain? Thanks!

Yes, it does. For discuss: https://discuss.flarum.org/api/blomstra-payments/stripe/webhook

Lurker

luceos: What if I installed my forum on a subdirectory instead of a subdomain? Can I configure it this way: https://yourforum.com/flarum/api/blomstra-payments/stripe/webhook?

I'm thinking of creating a donation page for my forum -- similar to the one in discuss. In this extension, I see 5 options (PTA, PTP, PTV, PTB and Bounty) but could not find an option for creating a payment portal (one-time or recurring). Do I need the extension for that or can I just simply embed the Stripe payment link?

Thanks again! I know how busy you are, so I appreciate every effort and time you give to each reply in the forum as a whole.

luceos

Lurker What if I installed my forum on a subdirectory instead of a subdomain? Can I configure it this way: https://yourforum.com/flarum/api/blomstra-payments/stripe/webhook?

If flarum is installed in the subfolder flarum, then yes.

Lurker I'm thinking of creating a donation page for my forum -- similar to the one in discuss. In this extension, I see 5 options (PTA, PTP, PTV, PTB and Bounty) but could not find an option for creating a payment portal

It's part of PTA or pay to access. The portal is linked to granting access to a specific permission group.

Sorry for the late reply, I was typing on mobile, got distracted by one of the kids. The discussion was marked read and the reply wasn't posted 😂

Lurker

luceos Sorry for the late reply, I was typing on mobile, got distracted by one of the kids.

No, don’t be sorry. I’m the one asking for your help. I should be the one asking for an apology for taking your time from your kids. Thanks a lot for your hard work.

luceos It's part of PTA or pay to access. The portal is linked to granting access to a specific permission group.

Thanks! I’ve set up all three keys but came across this problem:
How: assign a Stripe product ID of a product with one-time and/or recurring prices attached to the group edit modal inside your admin area.

Which part of my admin area can I find the group edit and tag edit modal? Thanks!

luceos

Lurker Which part of my admin area can I find the group edit and tag edit modal? Thanks!

Go to your admin area, click the permissions tab, then click on any of the visible groups. This will pop up a Edit Group Modal, with payments enabled it should show you a field labelled (PTA) Required product.

Lurker

luceos Go to your admin area, click the permissions tab, then click on any of the visible groups.

Thanks! I found it now.

And if I'm not mistaken, the group icon from FontAwesome becomes the badge a user possesses after they become a part of a group?

luceos

Lurker And if I'm not mistaken, the group icon from FontAwesome becomes the badge a user possesses after they become a part of a group?

Yes, that's a native Flarum feature.

Lurker

Wonderful! Thank you so much for all the help! 👍🏼

Maybe the title could be edited to add the Payments extension to help future subscribers.

Edited for new challenge encountered