Skillshare video downloader in python (Updated)

I needed offline access to some skillshare courses I wanted to take while on vacation. Video download is only available in the skillshare mobile apps and I didn't want to choose between shaky 3G streaming or watching on a tiny mobile screen so I put together a quick and dirty video downloader in python.

Support your content creators, do NOT use this for piracy!

You will need a skillshare premium account to access premium content. This script will not handle login for you.

1. Download the chrome extension

2. Log-in to skillshare in your browser click on the cookie-editor icon and copy the PHPSESSID

3. Grab the PHPSESSID id xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Example:

import sys, os
from downloader import Downloader
phpsessid= sys.argv[1]
cookie = "PHPSESSID="+phpsessid

dl = Downloader(cookie=cookie)

# download by class URL:
course_url = sys.argv[2]
dl.download_course_by_url(course_url)

# or by class ID:
# dl.download_course_by_class_id(189505397)

Usage:

python3 ss.py "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" "Link of the Course"

Alternative Method:

You can open colab Notebook to directly download the file into your Google drive.