# For hosts with no Composer. How to add the API to a php script with require?

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**Created:** [December 11, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/for-hosts-with-no-composer-how-to-add-the-api-to-a-php-script-with-require/17380 "2020-12-11T22:24:15Z")\
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@mzagmajster, thank you for your response. As far as I know Mautic 4 no longer has the Basic Auth option, only OAuth 2.

I have Composer on my VPS and have no problem using it, but it is stuck on a Mautic bug. [Attempts history here.](https://forum.mautic.org/t/getting-started-with-mautic-api/20669/13)

[Previously reported Composer bug here.](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-does-composer-require-willdurand-oauth-server-bundle-0-0-3-in-mautic-4/20835)

> Can you echo out curl\_error so we see what actually goes wrong?

I have no clue where to do that, but am pretty sure what goes wrong is 1) I can’t connect because Mautic 4 does not have Basic Auth and 2) there is no /api/ directory in my installation, which is probably part of the fabled PHP API library that can only be installed via the magical Composer that fails on an unsolved Mautic bug.

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