How to correct the [Composer\Downloader\TransportException] error for composer

Good day people, I have been having this problem for days now, when I try to download dependencies for my php project using composer I get this error

c:\wamp64\www\Test>composer global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:^1.3.1"
Changed current directory to C:/Users/Nwachukwu Favour/AppData/Roaming/Composer
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)

Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.


  [Composer\Downloader\TransportException]
  The "http://packagist.org/p/provider-2014%241cf88bd0ed4076dc091407477ba2a76483e8598ee5365673381262e6c1d40fcf.jso
  n" file could not be downloaded: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed!


require [--dev] [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--no-plugins] [--no-progress] [--no-update] [--update-no-dev] [--update-with-dependencies] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [--sort-packages] [-o|--optimize-autoloader] [-a|--classmap-authoritative] [--] [<packages>]...

I am running a windows 10 OS and am suspecting that my system cannot download from the command line. I would be very glad if someone can help me solve this problem because it is hindering my project. Thanks in advance.

You could also run this command on the CLI before installing any dependencies. It forces composer to use https to download all resources:

composer config -g repo.packagist composer https://packagist.org

The issue could be caused by the redirect from http to https. (or your firewall blocking the call)

According to this article the problem could be solved by adding the following to your composer.json:

"repositories": [
    {
         "type": "composer", 
         "url": "https://packagist.org"
    },
    { "packagist": false }
]

Forcing composer to use https connections to Packagist