diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6e43d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+insert_final_newline = true
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7e132f0..53ee630 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 language: python
 python:
   - "2.7"
-  - "3.4"
-  - "3.5"
   - "3.6"
+  - "3.7"
+  - "3.8"
+  - "3.9"
   - "pypy"
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8a8b0a..1aae0cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 0.11.5 (2019-12-16)
+
+Features:
+  - add --cauth argument to specify CAUTH cookie directly from command-line (#724)
+
+## 0.11.4 (2018-06-24)
+
+Features:
+  - Do not expand class names if there is a specialization with the same name,
+    but add --specialization flag to do that explicitly (#673)
+
 ## 0.11.3 (2018-06-24)
 
 Bugfixes:
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 004a1ee..2895dd5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ developers/maintainers feel good when trying to change code that other
 people contributed.
 
 For the record, when this document mentions "I", it mostly means Rogério
-Brito's (@rbrito) is the one to blame.
+Theodoro de Brito's (@rbrito) is the one to blame.
 
 # Write good commit messages
 
@@ -237,10 +237,8 @@ DRAFT
    `git add ... & git ci -m 'Bump version (old_version -> new_version)'`
 4. `git tag new_version`
 5. `git push && git push --tags`
-6. `pandoc --from=markdown --to=rst --output=README.rst README.md`.
-   I think this is required for PyPI description to look nice.
-7. `python setup.py sdist` to build the package
-8. `twine upload dist/coursera-dl-0.6.1.tar.gz` to deploy the package.
+6. `python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --universal` to build the package
+7. `twine upload dist/coursera-dl-0.6.1.tar.gz` to deploy the package.
 
 ## Docker
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0059f8..49601c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     - [Docker](#docker)
     - [Windows](#windows)
     - [Create an account with Coursera](#create-an-account-with-coursera)
-    - [Running the script](#running-the-script)
+- [Running the script](#running-the-script)
     - [Resuming downloads](#resuming-downloads)
 - [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
     - [China issues](#china-issues)
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ relevant excerpt:
 # Installation instructions
 
 `coursera-dl` requires Python 2 or Python 3 and a free Coursera account
-enrolled in the class of interest. (As of February of 2016, we test
-automatically the execution of the program with Python versions 2.6, 2.7,
-Pypy, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6).
+enrolled in the class of interest. (As of February of 2020, we test
+automatically the execution of the program with Python versions 2.7, Pypy,
+3.6, 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9).
 
-**Note:** We *strongly* recommend that you use a Python 3 interpreter (3.4
+**Note:** We *strongly* recommend that you use a Python 3 interpreter (3.9
 or later).
 
 On any operating system, ensure that the Python executable location is added
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ installed in your system (or they can interfere with `coursera-dl`).  Prefer
 to use the option `--user` to `pip install`, if you need can.
 
 **Note 2:** As already mentioned, we *strongly* recommend that you use a new
-Python 3 interpreter (e.g., 3.4 or later), since Python 3 has better support
+Python 3 interpreter (e.g., 3.9 or later), since Python 3 has better support
 for SSL/TLS (for secure connections) than earlier versions.<br/>
 If you must use Python 2, be sure that you have at least Python 2.7.9 (later
 versions are OK).<br/>
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ Settings > Environment Variables.
 
 ```
 Example:
-C:\Python35\Scripts\;C:\Python35\;
+C:\Python39\Scripts\;C:\Python39\;
 ```
 
 Or if you have restricted installation permissions and you've installed Python
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ under AppData, add this to your PATH.
 
 ```
 Example:
-C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Scripts;C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32;
+C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39-32\Scripts;C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39-32;
 ```
 
 Coursera-dl can now be run from commandline or powershell.
@@ -272,16 +272,25 @@ Coursera-dl can now be run from commandline or powershell.
 If you don't already have one, create a [Coursera][1] account and enroll in
 a class. See https://www.coursera.org/courses for the list of classes.
 
-## Running the script
+# Running the script
+
+Refer to `coursera-dl --help` for a complete, up-to-date reference on the runtime options
+supported by this utility.
 
 Run the script to download the materials by providing your Coursera account
 credentials (e.g. email address and password or a `~/.netrc` file), the
 class names, as well as any additional parameters:
-
+```
     General:                     coursera-dl -u <user> -p <pass> modelthinking-004
 
-If you don't want to type your password in command line as plain text, you can use the script without `-p` option. In this case you will be prompted for password  once the script is run.
+    With CAUTH parameter:	 coursera-dl -ca 'some-ca-value-from-browser' modelthinking-004
+```
+If you don't want to type your password in command line as plain text, you can use the
+script without `-p` option. In this case you will be prompted for password  once the
+script is run.
 
+Here are some examples of how to invoke `coursera-dl` from the command line:
+```
     Without -p field:            coursera-dl -u <user> modelthinking-004
     Multiple classes:            coursera-dl -u <user> -p <pass> saas historyofrock1-001 algo-2012-002
     Filter by section name:      coursera-dl -u <user> -p <pass> -sf "Chapter_Four" crypto-004
@@ -289,27 +298,35 @@ If you don't want to type your password in command line as plain text, you can u
     Download only ppt files:     coursera-dl -u <user> -p <pass> -f "ppt" qcomp-2012-001
     Use a ~/.netrc file:         coursera-dl -n -- matrix-001
     Get the preview classes:     coursera-dl -n -b ni-001
+	Download videos at 720p:     coursera-dl -n --video-resolution 720p ni-001
     Specify download path:       coursera-dl -n --path=C:\Coursera\Classes\ comnetworks-002
     Display help:                coursera-dl --help
 
     Maintain a list of classes in a dir:
       Initialize:              mkdir -p CURRENT/{class1,class2,..classN}
       Update:                  coursera-dl -n --path CURRENT `\ls CURRENT`
-
+```
 **Note:** If your `ls` command is aliased to display a colorized output, you
 may experience problems.  Be sure to escape the `ls` command (use `\ls`) to
 assure that no special characters get sent to the script.
 
-Note that we *do* support the New Platform ("on-demand") classes.
+Note that we *do* support the New Platform ("on-demand") courses.
+
+By default, videos are downloaded at 540p resolution. For on-demand courses, the
+`--video-resolution` flag accepts 360p, 540p, and 720p values.
+
+To download just the `.txt` and/or `.srt` subtitle files instead of the videos,
+use `-ignore-formats mp4 --subtitle-language en` or whatever format the videos
+are encoded in and desired languages for subtitles.
 
 On \*nix platforms, the use of a `~/.netrc` file is a good alternative to
 specifying both your username (i.e., your email address) and password every
 time on the command line. To use it, simply add a line like the one below to
 a file named `.netrc` in your home directory (or the [equivalent][8], if you
 are using Windows) with contents like:
-
+```
     machine coursera-dl login <user> password <pass>
-
+```
 Create the file if it doesn't exist yet.  From then on, you can switch from
 using `-u` and `-p` to simply call `coursera-dl` with the option `-n`
 instead.  This is especially convenient, as typing usernames (email
@@ -319,16 +336,16 @@ more if you happened to choose a "strong" password).
 Alternatively, if you want to store your preferred parameters (which might
 also include your username and password), create a file named `coursera-dl.conf`
 where the script is supposed to be executed, with the following format:
-
+```
     --username <user>
     --password <pass>
     --subtitle-language en,zh-CN|zh-TW
     --download-quizzes
     #--mathjax-cdn https://cdn.bootcss.com/mathjax/2.7.1/MathJax.js
     # more other parameters
-
-Parameter which is stored in the file will be overriden if it is again specified
-in your commandline script
+```
+Parameters which are specified in the file will be overriden if they are 
+provided again on the commandline.
 
 **Note:** In `coursera-dl.conf`, all the parameters should not be wrapped
 with quotes.
@@ -457,7 +474,8 @@ file that lists all the course materials. Maybe your friend who is enrolled
 could save that course page for you. In that case use the `--process_local_page`
 option.
 
-Alternatively you may want to try this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/coursera-materials-downlo/ijkboagofaehocnjacacdhdcbbcpilih
+Alternatively you may want to try this various browser extensions designed for
+this problem.
 
 If none of the above works for you, there is nothing we can do.
 
@@ -499,7 +517,7 @@ Related discussion: [#205](https://github.com/coursera-dl/coursera-dl/issues/205
 
 ## Windows: Failed to create process
 
-In `C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Scripts`
+In `C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39-32\Scripts`
 or wherever Python installed (above is default for Windows)
 edit below file in idle: (right click on script name and select 'edit with idle in menu)
 
@@ -510,13 +528,13 @@ coursera-dl-script
 from
 
 ```
-#!c:\users\<user>\appdata\local\programs\python\python35-32\python.exe
+#!c:\users\<user>\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\python.exe
 ```
 
 to
 
 ```
-#"!c:\users\<user>\appdata\local\programs\python\python35-32\python.exe"
+#"!c:\users\<user>\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\python.exe"
 ```
 
 (add quotes). This is a known pip bug.
@@ -617,10 +635,9 @@ I enjoy getting feedback. Here are a few of the comments I've received:
 
 # Contact
 
-Please, post bugs and issues on [github][11]. Send other comments to Rogério
-Theodoro de Brito (the current maintainer): rbrito@ime.usp.br (twitter:
-[@rtdbrito][21]) or to John Lehmann (the original author): first last at
-geemail dotcom (twitter: [@jplehmann][12]).
+Please, post bugs and issues on [github][11]. Please, **DON'T** send support
+requests privately to the maintainers! We are quite swamped with day-to-day
+activities. If you have problems, **PLEASE**, file them on the issue tracker.
 
 [1]: https://www.coursera.org
 [2]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/wget/1.11.4-1/wget-1.11.4-1-setup.exe
@@ -633,7 +650,6 @@ geemail dotcom (twitter: [@jplehmann][12]).
 [9]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookietxt-export/lopabhfecdfhgogdbojmaicoicjekelh
 [10]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-cookies/
 [11]: https://github.com/coursera-dl/coursera-dl/issues
-[12]: https://twitter.com/jplehmann
 [13]: http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/20/coursera-adds-29-schools-90-courses-and-4-new-languages-to-its-online-learning-platform/
 [14]: http://www.tunapanda.org
 [15]: https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python
@@ -642,7 +658,6 @@ geemail dotcom (twitter: [@jplehmann][12]).
 [18]: http://ww45.python-distribute.org/pip_distribute.png
 [19]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six/
 [20]: https://www.coursera.org/about/terms
-[21]: https://twitter.com/rtdbrito
 [22]: https://pypi.python.org/
 [23]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/coursera-dl
 [issue213]: https://github.com/coursera-dl/coursera-dl/issues/213
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index f9ea741..2aab721 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -32,30 +32,6 @@ environment:
       PYTHON_VERSION: "2.7.x" # currently 2.7.11
       PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
 
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python33"
-      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.3.x" # currently 3.3.5
-      PYTHON_ARCH: "32"
-
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python33-x64"
-      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.3.x" # currently 3.3.5
-      PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
-
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python34"
-      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.4.x" # currently 3.4.3
-      PYTHON_ARCH: "32"
-
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python34-x64"
-      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.4.x" # currently 3.4.3
-      PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
-
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python35"
-      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.5.x" # currently 3.5.1
-      PYTHON_ARCH: "32"
-
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python35-x64"
-      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.5.x" # currently 3.5.1
-      PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
-
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python36"
       PYTHON_VERSION: "3.6.x" # currently 3.6.?
       PYTHON_ARCH: "32"
@@ -64,6 +40,30 @@ environment:
       PYTHON_VERSION: "3.6.x" # currently 3.6.?
       PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
 
+    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python37"
+      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7.x" # currently 3.7.?
+      PYTHON_ARCH: "32"
+
+    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python37-x64"
+      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7.x" # currently 3.7.?
+      PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
+
+    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python38"
+      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8.x" # currently 3.8.?
+      PYTHON_ARCH: "32"
+
+    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python38-x64"
+      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8.x" # currently 3.8.?
+      PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
+
+    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python39"
+      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8.x" # currently 3.9.?
+      PYTHON_ARCH: "32"
+
+    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python38-x64"
+      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8.x" # currently 3.9.?
+      PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
+
 init:
   - "ECHO %PYTHON%"
   - ps: "ls C:/Python*"
diff --git a/coursera/__init__.py b/coursera/__init__.py
index 4ad2f68..eebcbfe 100644
--- a/coursera/__init__.py
+++ b/coursera/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.11.3'
+__version__ = '0.11.5'
diff --git a/coursera/commandline.py b/coursera/commandline.py
index 3b68481..2fd80d7 100644
--- a/coursera/commandline.py
+++ b/coursera/commandline.py
@@ -125,6 +125,16 @@ def parse_args(args=None):
     group_material = parser.add_argument_group(
         'Selection of material to download')
 
+    group_material.add_argument(
+        '--specialization',
+        dest='specialization',
+        action='store_true',
+        default=False,
+        help='treat given class names as specialization names and try to '
+        'download its courses, if available. Note that there are name '
+        'clashes, e.g. "machine-learning" is both a course and a '
+        'specialization (Default: False)')
+
     group_material.add_argument(
         '--only-syllabus',
         dest='only_syllabus',
@@ -331,6 +341,14 @@ def parse_args(args=None):
     group_adv_auth = parser.add_argument_group(
         'Advanced authentication options')
 
+    group_adv_auth.add_argument(
+        '-ca',
+        '--cauth',
+        dest='cookies_cauth',
+        action='store',
+        default=None,
+        help='cauth cookie value from browser')
+
     group_adv_auth.add_argument(
         '-c',
         '--cookies_file',
@@ -482,7 +500,7 @@ def parse_args(args=None):
         logging.error('Cookies file not found: %s', args.cookies_file)
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    if not args.cookies_file:
+    if not args.cookies_file and not args.cookies_cauth:
         try:
             args.username, args.password = get_credentials(
                 username=args.username, password=args.password,
diff --git a/coursera/coursera_dl.py b/coursera/coursera_dl.py
index 4198dec..da18281 100644
--- a/coursera/coursera_dl.py
+++ b/coursera/coursera_dl.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # Authors and copyright:
 #     © 2012-2013, John Lehmann (first last at geemail dotcom or @jplehmann)
-#     © 2012-2015, Rogério Brito (r lastname at ime usp br)
+#     © 2012-2020, Rogério Theodoro de Brito
 #     © 2013, Jonas De Taeye (first dt at fastmail fm)
 #
 # Contributions are welcome, but please add new unit tests to test your changes
@@ -233,8 +233,12 @@ def main():
         return
 
     session = get_session()
-    login(session, args.username, args.password)
-    args.class_names = expand_specializations(session, args.class_names)
+    if args.cookies_cauth:
+        session.cookies.set('CAUTH', args.cookies_cauth)
+    else:
+        login(session, args.username, args.password)
+    if args.specialization:
+        args.class_names = expand_specializations(session, args.class_names)
 
     for class_index, class_name in enumerate(args.class_names):
         try:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6c56755..dc3ac2a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 beautifulsoup4>=4.1.3
 requests>=2.10.0
 six>=1.5.0
-urllib3>=1.10
+urllib3>=1.23
 pyasn1>=0.1.7
 keyring>=4.0
 configargparse>=0.12.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f3e2ff6..a3da7fb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ def read_file(filename, alt=None):
 generate_readme_rst()
 
 long_description = read_file(
-    'README.rst',
-    'Generate README.rst from README.md via pandoc!\n\nExample: '
-    'pandoc --from=markdown --to=rst --output=README.rst README.md'
+    'README.md',
+    'Cannot read README.md'
 )
 requirements = read_file('requirements.txt')
 dev_requirements = read_file('requirements-dev.txt')
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ trove_classifiers = [
     'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later (LGPLv3+)',
     'Operating System :: OS Independent',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ setup(
     name='coursera-dl',
     version=__version__,
     maintainer='Rogério Theodoro de Brito',
-    maintainer_email='rbrito@ime.usp.br',
+    maintainer_email='rbrito@gmail.com',
 
     license='LGPL',
     url='https://github.com/coursera-dl/coursera-dl',
@@ -102,6 +100,7 @@ setup(
 
     description='Script for downloading Coursera.org videos and naming them.',
     long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     keywords=['coursera-dl', 'coursera',
               'download', 'education', 'MOOCs', 'video'],
     classifiers=trove_classifiers,