Dependency needed in Maven Central

[SELF-HQ]

RE: Nillion API dependency (version 1.0.0) that we are using in our project. We are currently facing an issue where the dependency is not available in Maven Central, which is causing build failures in our CI/CD pipeline.

Do any of you know:

1. Is there a specific repository we need to configure in our Maven settings to access the Nillion API dependency?
2. If the dependency is hosted in a private repository, could you provide the repository URL and credentials we need to configure?
3. Are there any specific security requirements or authentication mechanisms we need to implement to access the dependency?
4. Is there a timeline for when the Nillion API might be published to Maven Central?

For context, we are using the Nillion API for AI functionality in our blockchain project. Currently, we are experiencing issues with dependency resolution, e.g.:
"Archive for required library: '/Users/myname/.m2/repository/com/nillion/nillion-api/1.0.0/nillion-api-1.0.0.jar' is not a valid ZIP file"

Any help appreciated!

[oceans404]

Hey @xenradio which API are you using?

[SELF-HQ]

The nilai one: https://docs.nillion.com/api/nilai/overview

[oceans404]

You can make nilAI calls directly. The only dependency is openai for the client: https://docs.nillion.com/build/secretLLM/usage

[NicolasCB-7472]

I don't know if it may help you at all, but Maven within the pom.xml has

scope
Maven stage
/scope

and under plugins

configuration
source 'Version'
target 'Version'

that allows setting it up, the plugin, to a certain version. And installing the .jar locally may prevent it not running in the future.

I'm sorry if this answer isn't good enough to solve the problem you are experiencing