this script is to download egghead videos using youtube-dl

readme.md

1. Requirements

In order for the bash script to work. you need to have youtube-dl installed on your system from here youtube-dl

2. Installation

2.1. Mac osx

You need the GNU version of getopt for this script to run.

2.1.1. Get GNU version of getopt:

brew install gnu-getopt
brew link --force gnu-getopt

2.1.2. Make it executable

chmod a+x download_egghead_videos.sh

2.2. Linux

2.2.1. Make it executable

chmod a+x download_egghead_videos.sh

3. Usage

usage: --coursename [--coursename "build-a-react-app-with-redux"] --type [--type "courses|lessons"]

3.1. Arguments

-c | --coursename: required parameter to supply the course name extracted from the url, i.e. https://egghead.io/courses/get-started-with-elasticsearch the --coursename would be 'get-started-with-elasticsearch'

-t | --type: required parameter to specify the type, either courses or lessons, extracted from the url as well.

Example

./download_egghead_videos.sh --coursename "build-virtual-reality-experiences-using-react-vr" --type "courses"

download_egghead_videos.sh

#!/bin/bash

usage() { echo "usage: --coursename [--coursename \"build-a-react-app-with-redux\"] --type [--type \"courses|lessons\"]" 1>&2; exit 1; }

OPTS=$(getopt -o c:t: --long coursename:,type: -n 'download_egghead_videos.sh' -- "$@")

if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "Terminating..." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi

eval set -- "$OPTS"

COURSENAME=""
TYPE=""

while true ; do
    case "$1" in
        -c | --coursename) COURSENAME="$2"; shift 2 ;;
        -t | --type) TYPE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
        -- ) shift; break ;;
        * ) usage ;;
    esac
done

if [ -z "${COURSENAME}" ] || [ -z "${TYPE}" ]; then
    usage
fi


youtube-dl --download-archive "$COURSENAME/archive.txt" -o "$COURSENAME/%(playlist_index)s_%(title)s" "https://egghead.io/$TYPE/$COURSENAME"