Building an O'Reilly Course Downloader with Python & Selenium

Hey DEV Community! 👋

I recently built a small tool to download complete O'Reilly courses with automatic organization.

What it does:

• Downloads videos + transcripts using Selenium automation
• Headless Chrome with DevTools Protocol for m3u8 capture
• Smart chapter-based folder organization
• Resume capability for interrupted downloads
• 10x faster transcript-only mode

Tech Stack:

• Python
• Selenium WebDriver
• FFmpeg for HLS streams
• Chrome DevTools Protocol

Check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/vicky-dx/oreilly-course-downloader

Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback!

#python #selenium #automation #webdev #opensource

Comments

[NOOB]

Good, however having quality selection option would be helpful. Also the transcription only mode can be quite faster than that with the url instead of selenium.