Download videos from Linux Academy (linuxacademy.com) for personal offline use
Project description
Python script to download a Linux Academy (linuxacademy.com) course, for personal offline use.
Version
1.0.dev2
Prerequisites
Python (2 or 3)
pip (Python Install Packager)
If there are any missing packages, they will be automatically installed by pip
Preinstall
If you don’t have pip installed, look at their install doc. Easy install (if you trust them) is to run their bootstrap installer directly by using:
sudo curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python
Install
linuxacademy-dl can be installed using pip
pip install linuxacademy-dl
or
python -m pip install linuxacademy-dl
In OS X and Linux you need to sudo installing linuxacademy-dl or you may face some errors
sudo pip install linuxacademy-dl
Also you need to sudo installing pip itself or you run into the same problem.
Update
linuxacademy-dl can be updated using pip
pip install --upgrade linuxacademy-dl
or
python -m pip install --upgrade linuxacademy-dl
In OS X and Linux you need to sudo upgrade linuxacademy-dl
sudo pip install --upgrade linuxacademy-dl
Usage
Simply call linuxacademy-dl with the full URL to the course page.
linuxacademy-dl https://linuxacademy.com/cp/modules/view/id/course_id
or
python -m linuxacademy_dl https://linuxacademy.com/cp/modules/view/id/course_id
linuxacademy-dl will ask for your username (or email address) and password then start downloading the videos.
By default, linuxacademy-dl will download all the course materials directly into the current working directory. If you wish to have the files downloaded to a specific location, use the -o /path/to/directory/ parameter.
If you wish, you can include the username/email and password on the command line using the -u and -p parameters.
linuxacademy-dl -u user@domain.com -p $ecRe7w0rd https://linuxacademy.com/cp/modules/view/id/course_id
For information about all available parameters, use the --help parameter
linuxacademy-dl --help
Advanced Usage
usage: linuxacademy-dl [-h] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-o OUTPUT] [--use-ffmpeg] [-q {1080,720,480,360}] [--debug] [-v] link Fetch all the lectures for a Linux Academy (linuxacademy.com) course positional arguments: link Link for Linux Academy course optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME Username / Email -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD Password -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT Output directory --use-ffmpeg Download videos from m3u8/hls with ffmpeg (Recommended) -q {1080,720,480,360}, --video-quality {1080,720,480,360} Select video quality [default is 1080] --debug Enable debug mode -v, --version Display the version of linuxacademy-dl and exit
Uninstall
linuxacademy-dl can be uninstalled using pip
sudo pip uninstall linuxacademy-dl
You may uninstall the dependant packages too but be aware that those might be required for other Python modules.
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