blackboard-dl

A small tool to download lectures and workshops automagically because i'm too lazy to sign in to BlackBoard.

Requirements

• Crystal 0.24.1+
  • Installation Mac/Linux (Sorry Windows users!)
• Your university must have BlackBoard.

Install

  git clone https://github.com/hako/blackboard-dl
  crystal dep or shards install
  crystal build src/blackboard-dl.cr
  ./blackboard-dl

Usage

usage: blackboard-dl [-h] [-d] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [--version]

download course files from blackboard.

optional arguments:
    -u USERNAME, --username          Blackboard username
    -p PASSWORD, --password          Blackboard password
    -d, --daemon                     Run as daemon
    -h, --help                       Show this help
    -v, --version                    Show program version

Examples

Auto-login

./blackboard-dl -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD

Auto-login and daemonize

./blackboard-dl -d -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD

And now watch it download your lectures & workshops in the terminal or in the background.

Tests

crystal dep or shards install
crystal spec

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/hako/blackboard-dl/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Contributors

• hako Wesley Hill - creator, maintainer

License

MIT