Loading nuget package that requires a credentials provider for authentication

[BradleyJinks]

Hello,

Does anyone know how to load a package from an authenticated feed where a credentials provider manages the authentication?

We use CodeArtifact to store all our custom Nuget packages and as an upstream source to Nuget. The credentials for this can be managed in a provider called AWS.CodeArtifact.NuGet.CredentialProvider which works great in tools like Rider.

The issue we are having is getting cake to use the credentials provider when trying to load a package without hardcoding some static credentials in a global user or project nuget.config.

Example:

// build.cake
#load nuget:?package=MyCoolPackage

MyCoolPackageEngine.DoSomething("123");

Has anyone encountered this issue and managed to get it working?

I have tried the below but first, you get Could not locate nuget.exe error so set the value to true to install NuGet.CommandLine. Once this is installed cake does pull the MyCoolPackage (getting the credentials from the provider) but fails just after its pulled with an error of line #1: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'path')

// build.cake
#tool nuget:https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json?package=NuGet.CommandLine&version=6.6.1
#load nuget:?package=MyCoolPackage

MyCoolPackageEngine.DoSomething("123");

// cake.config
[NuGet]
UseInProcessClient=false