skillshare_dl 0.0.3

A cli tool for downloading Skillshare lesson videos

skillshare-dl

A cli tool for downloading Skillshare lesson videos.

Install

Install with pipx.

pipx install skillshare-dl

Usage

1. Log into your Skillshare account.

You'll need an active Skillshare account to download lesson videos. As of June 2023, Skillshare offers a 1-month free trial to new users.

2. Go to the course homepage that you want to download lesson videos for.

For example, here is the homepage for Kurzgesagt's Motion Graphics course.

3. Get your access token.

Open your browser's Developer Tools and navigate to the browser storage tab. Find where cookies for "https://www.skillshare.com" are stored and find the cookie "access_token".

4. Download the lesson videos.

Use the url of the course homepage and your access token with the skillshare-dl CLI tool.

skillshare-dl \
  "[your-course-url]" \
  "[your-access-token]"

A complete example of this can look like:

skillshare-dl \
  "https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/Motion-Graphics-with-Kurzgesagt-%E2%80%93-Part-1/631970755/projects?via=Selected-SearchSuggestion" \
  "eyJhbGciOi98y1yCho98y112Cl8Ga21dac3usImtpZCI6IldC..."

If you're getting 401 errors, refresh the page and use the new access token that was generated.