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Jonas De Taeye edited this page 2013-12-06 15:43:07 -08:00

Table of Contents

• General options
• Authentication options
• Filter options
• Filesystem options
• Download options
• Debugging / Verbosity options

coursera-dl [OPTIONS] COURSE [COURSE...]

General options

-h, --help                    show this help message and exit
--version                     show program's version number and exit
--preview                     download preview videos instead of the regular
                              course material
--download-about              additionally download about metadata to
                              about.json
-r, --reverse                 download and save sections in reverse order
--parser PARSER               html parser to use, one of [html5lib
                              html.parser lxml] (default: html5lib)
--proxy URL                   use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy
--hook HOOKS                  hooks to run when finished
--playlist                    generate M3U playlist for every course section

Authentication options

-u, --username USERNAME       coursera username
-p, --password PASSWORD       coursera password
-n, --netrc [FILE]            use netrc for reading passwords, uses default
                              location if no file specified

Filter options

--sections NUMBERS            space separated list of section numbers to
                              download, e.g. "1 3 8"
-f, --formats EXTENSIONS      space separated list of file extensions to
                              download, e.g "mp4 pdf" (default: special
                              value "all")
--skip-formats EXTENSIONS     space separated list of file extensions to
                              skip, e.g., "ppt srt pdf"
-sf, --section-filter REGEX   only download sections which contain this
                              regex (default: disabled)
-lf, --lecture-filter REGEX   only download lectures which contain this
                              regex (default: disabled)
-rf, --resource-filter REGEX  only download resources which match this regex
                              (default: disabled)

Filesystem options

-d, --destination DIR         location in filesystem where everything will
                              be saved
--archive                     Tarball courses for archival storage
--overwrite                   overwrite already downloaded files
--max-filename-length NUMBER  Maximum length of filenames/directories in a
                              path (windows only)

Download options

--wget [BIN]                  download using wget
--curl [BIN]                  download using curl
--aria2 [BIN]                 download using aria2
--axel [BIN]                  download using axel

Debugging / Verbosity options

--cookies COOKIES             file to read cookies from
--lectures-page FILE          uses/creates local cached version of syllabus
                              lectures page
--skip-download               do not download files
-s, --simulate                do not download the files and do not write
                              anything to disk
--debug                       print lots of debug information
--quiet                       omit as many messages as possible (only
                              printing errors)
--cache-dir DIR               Location in the filesystem where coursera-dl
                              can store downloaded information permanently,
                              the default location is /tmp
--no-cache-dir                Disable filesystem caching
--clear-cache                 clear cached cookies