This is a python script to download coursera lecture videos and files (updated to work with the Jan 2013 updates to coursera platform).

coursera.py has the following features:

• rewritten with a class structure
• saves cookies
• shows download progress
• can provide multiple coursenames at once

coursera_py3.py has the same features, and works for python v3

get.py is the original script I had written.

Requirements:

• Python 2.6 or 3.2 (http://python.org/download)
• Beautiful Soup 4 (http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup)

First edit the config.py file and provide the following details:

• username
• password
• files to download: mp4, srt, txt, pdf, pptx
• foldermapping: if you want the name of folder different from the coursename
• downloadpath: files are downloaded to current directory by default

To start downloading, execute in a terminal:
python coursera.py coursename1 [coursename2 coursename3 ...]
Similarly for python3:
python3 coursera_py3.py coursename1 [coursename2 coursename3 ...]

Coursename can be determined from the url of the course.

eg: To download lectures of ml class (https://class.coursera.org/ml-2012-002/lecture/index), execute:
python coursera.py ml-2012-002

Multiple courses can be entered at once:
python coursera.py ml-2012-002 crypto-2012-003 algs4partI-2012-001

• Initially it will download all the lectures from the beginning.
• It does not resume incomplete downloads.

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