Download videos/files from particular websites like Zoom automatically

[HumHongeKamyaab]

Some professors post video links of zoom, universityspecificyoutube etc on moodle. Often these links require authorization, which can be handled by --cookies option in youtube-dl or --load-cookies option in wget.
Is there a way to automatically force download these links posted on moodle.
User can specify pattern of the links and software to use for them, something like,
dropbox -> wget
youtube -> youtube-dl
zoom -> wget
universityspecificyoutube -> youtube-dl
PS: the cookies can be set using https://github.com/dandv/convert-chrome-cookies-to-netscape-format

[C0D3D3V]

Currently there are two solutions to the problem. If download_also_with_cookie is enabled in the configuration, then a file called Cookies.txt is created in the download folder. You can add your cookies there or you can create this file yourself.

[HumHongeKamyaab]

Issue is not about cookies, that can be managed externally in youtube-dl and wget config files in home folder.
The main thing is

Is there a way to automatically force download specific website links posted on moodle.
User can specify pattern of the links and software to use for them, something like,
dropbox -> wget
youtube -> youtube-dl
zoom -> wget
universityspecificyoutube -> youtube-dl

right now I am getting file like this in the course folder

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=link to  foounivtube
Type=Link
URL=https://tube.foouniv.com/videos/e23dfoo
Icon=text-html
Name[en_US]=link to foounivtube

I want to directly download https://tube.foouniv.com/videos/e23dfoo using youtube-dl

[C0D3D3V]

currently every link is just tried to be downloaded with youtube-dl and if youtube-dl can't find any videos, it downloads it manuly (just like wget, it is called urllib2).

[C0D3D3V]

Have you set download_linked_files to true?

[C0D3D3V]

Can you send me the log, from downloading this file? So delete the desktop file and remove it from the database with moodle-dl -md
Then redownload it with moodle-dl -v and send me the new log.

[HumHongeKamyaab]

Have you set download_linked_files to true?

yes, I am using master branch of moodle-dl

[C0D3D3V]

did you test the link with youtube-dl? Can youtube-dl even download the link?

[C0D3D3V]

I will look up if the config file of youtube-dl is even used if I call it in my script... I think you have to use the secend option I told you above.

[HumHongeKamyaab]

did you test the link with youtube-dl? Can youtube-dl even download the link?

You are right, youtube-dl can't download this link for me. I need to check my cookies config.

But still I have issues in automatically downloading videos links of zoom. Actually youtube-dl is not supporting zoom links itelf. Its not a issue of moodle-dl

[C0D3D3V]

youtube-dl will ignore your system/home configuration file, because it is not run externaly but it is integrated in the moodle-dl.

You have to send me some test links. I will see what we can do. I can write an extractor for youtube-dl so that the links get downloaded too. But I never saw a Zoom Link with a download option... so send me one. Via mail if you want, or telegram: c0d3d3v is my username

[C0D3D3V]

Look at this wiki entry, how to use cookies for downloading. https://github.com/C0D3D3V/Moodle-Downloader-2/wiki/Use-cookies-when-downloading

[C0D3D3V]

So what other wishes do you have? I don't quite understand your question and without the information I asked for I can't do anything else.

[C0D3D3V]

I will add the zoom extractor to moodle_dl. It will be in the next release.