metuclass

CLI tool to sync ODTUClass course files to your local machine.

Downloads PDFs, slides, homeworks, and any other files from your enrolled courses. Tracks changes so subsequent syncs only download new or updated files.

Install

pip install metuclass

Requires Python 3.11+.

Quick start

# Log in with your METU credentials
metuclass login

# See your courses
metuclass courses

# Download everything
metuclass sync

Files are saved to ~/metuclass/ by default, organized by course and section:

~/metuclass/
  CENG 334 Section 1/
    Week 01 - Introduction/
      slides.pdf
    Week 02 - Processes/
      slides.pdf
      notes.pdf
  CENG 596 Section 1/
    General/
      syllabus.pdf
    ...

Commands

metuclass login

Authenticate with your METU username and password. Stores a session token locally — you only need to do this once (or again if your password changes).

metuclass login

metuclass courses

List all your enrolled courses.

metuclass courses

metuclass ls <course>

Show files available in a course. You can use the course shortname or ID.

metuclass ls "CENG 334 Section 1"
metuclass ls 3100

metuclass sync [course]

Download new and updated files. Omit the course to sync all courses.

# Sync a specific course
metuclass sync "CENG 334 Section 1"

# Sync all courses
metuclass sync

# Preview what would be downloaded
metuclass sync --dry-run

# Overwrite locally modified files
metuclass sync --force

# Download to a specific directory
metuclass sync --sync-dir ~/Documents/courses

metuclass config [key] [value]

View or change configuration.

# Show all config
metuclass config

# Set sync directory
metuclass config sync.directory ~/Documents/courses

Configuration

Config is stored at ~/.config/metuclass/config.toml.

Sync directory

Where files are downloaded to (default: ~/metuclass). Set it with any of these (highest priority first):

1. --sync-dir flag
2. METUCLASS_SYNC_DIR environment variable
3. metuclass config sync.directory <path>

Environment variables

You can set these in a .env file (in your working directory or ~/.config/metuclass/.env):

METUCLASS_USERNAME=e123456
METUCLASS_PASSWORD=your_password
METUCLASS_SYNC_DIR=~/metuclass

When METUCLASS_USERNAME and METUCLASS_PASSWORD are set, metuclass login won't prompt for input — useful for automation.

How sync works

1. Fetches the file list from ODTUClass for each course
2. Compares against a local manifest (SQLite database) to find new/updated files
3. Downloads changes concurrently, writing to temp files and renaming on success
4. Files with local modifications are skipped as conflicts (use --force to overwrite)

Running metuclass sync a second time is a no-op if nothing changed on ODTUClass.

License

MIT