unbox failed，Error connecting to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xxx

[yjshi2015]

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truffle unbox metacoinfailed

when i create new project by using truffle unbox metacoin, but it does not work, it looks like network problem. so i tried do something below: 1、config vscode's proxy. does not work 2、downgrade node version from v19 to v18. does not work 3、add 151.101.56.133 raw.githubusercontent.com in host file (i am in china). does not work 4、run curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xxx/truffle-box.json, i got the response, network maybe is ok, so why unbox failed???

Steps to Reproduce

run truffle unbox metacoin in vscode's terminal, then it show the following exception

PS D:\GitHub\TruffleProjectDemo> truffle unbox metacoin
This directory is non-empty...
? Proceed anyway? (Y/n) 
Starting unbox...
=================

? Proceed anyway? Yes
✓ Preparing to download box
✖ Downloading
Unbox failed!
Error: Error connecting to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/truffle-box/metacoin-box/master/truffle-box.json. Please check your internet connection and try again.

getaddrinfo ENOENT raw.githubusercontent.com
    at Function.AxiosError.from (C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\node_modules\axios\dist\node\axios.cjs:789:1)
    at RedirectableRequest.handleRequestError (C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\node_modules\axios\dist\node\axios.cjs:2744:1)
    at RedirectableRequest.emit (node:events:514:28)
    at ClientRequest.eventHandlers.<computed> (C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\node_modules\follow-redirects\index.js:14:1)
    at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:514:28)
    at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:501:9)
    at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:514:28)
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)

Environment

• Operating System: win10
• Code editor: vscode 1.81.1
• Truffle version (truffle version): v5.11.2
• node version (node --version): v18.17.0
• npm version (npm --version): v8.19.4

[eggplantzzz]

Hey @yjshi2015, what is the response you get from the request for the json file?

Are you running this is the VSCode terminal? Can you try in a a normal terminal window and see what happens?

I'm not sure what the issue is offhand (I have no problem unboxing on my computer), but it is likely that it has something to do with you being in China. Sometimes users have problems accessing GitHub stuff from there. You don't happen to have a VPN that you could try this with, do you?

[Kooooooma]

@yjshi2015 Hey，你解决了吗？我也遇到同样的问题