perezkarjee/lynda-dl

A cross-platform python based utility to download courses from lynda.com for personal offline use.

lynda-dl

A cross-platform python based utility to download courses from lynda.com for personal offline use.

Requirements

• Python (2 or 3)
• Python pip
• Python module requests
• Python module colorama

Install modules

pip install -r requirements.txt

Tested on

• Windows 7/8/8.1
• Kali linux (2017.2)

Download lynda-dl

You can download the latest version of lynda-dl by cloning the GitHub repository.

git clone https://github.com/r0oth3x49/lynda-dl.git

Usage

Download course using user credentials

python lynda-dl.py https://www.lynda.com/COURSE_NAME/ID.html

OR

python lynda-dl.py -u [email protected] -p p4ssw0rd https://www.lynda.com/COURSE_NAME/ID.html

Download course using organization's library card

python lynda-dl.py -o organization https://www.lynda.com/COURSE_NAME/ID.html

OR

python lynda-dl.py -u library_card_num -p library_card_pin -o organization https://www.lynda.com/COURSE_NAME/ID.html

Download course to a specific location using user credentials

python lynda-dl.py https://www.lynda.com/COURSE_NAME/ID.html -d "/path/to/directory/"

OR

python lynda-dl.py -u [email protected] -p p4ssw0rd https://www.lynda.com/COURSE_NAME/ID.html -d "/path/to/directory/"

Download course to a specific location using organization's library card

python lynda-dl.py -o organization https://www.lynda.com/COURSE_NAME/ID.html -d "/path/to/directory/"

OR

python lynda-dl.py -u library_card_num -p library_card_pin -o organization https://www.lynda.com/COURSE_NAME/ID.html  -d "/path/to/directory/"

Advanced Usage

Author: Nasir khan (r0ot h3x49)

Usage: lynda-dl.py [-u (USERNAME/LIBRARY CARD NUMBER)][-p (PASSWORD/LIBRARY CARD PIN)]
                   [-o ORGANIZATION] COURSE_URL [-s/--sub-only] [-d DIRECTORY]

Options:
  General:
    -h, --help          Shows the help for program.
    -v, --version       Shows the version of program.

  Advance:
    -u, --username      Username or Library Card Number.
    -p, --password      Password or Library Card Pin.
    -o, --organization  Organization, registered at Lynda.
    -s, --sub-only      Download the captions/subtitle only
    -d, --directory     Output directory where the videos will be saved,
                        default is current directory.
  
  Example:
	python lynda-dl.py https://www.lynda.com/course_name/id.html

Note

Do not change the position of any argument as given under the Usage, this may cause an error or failur in downloading of course.