retn / MoodleDownloader

A small - hacked - script for automatically downloading latest file from moodle courses

MoodleDownloader

A small - hacked - script for automatically downloading latest file from moodle courses

How to use

1. Change the URL in moodleDownloader.py
2. Create a config file - see config file down below
3. Create a caller script for the class - if you want to use it directly
4. Start the script
5. Have fun

caller script

#!/usr/bin/python
from moodleDownloader import MoodleDownloader

md = MoodleDownloader('$USERNAME', '$PASSWORD', 'https://url.of.the.moodle.instance/')

md.start()

config file

The name of the config file is 'config', it contains a JSON object:

{
	"Name" : {
		"ID" : "42",
		"type" : {
      "Lecture" : "/path/to/storage"
    }
	}
}

• Name The name is only used in the log
• ID value of the id parameter from the course URL
• Lecture is the name of the category

Multiple type's are allowed in one config file.