Canvas scraper

Forked from john-hix > Koenvh1

Changes from upstream:

Implemented:

• Will create folders from "pages", for a more familiar navigation.

Not yet implemented:

• Download videos* from links
• Download embedded videos*
• Fix handling of special characters see issue

*Currently only videos from "instructuremedia.com/embed/"

Features

• TODO

Please double-check the data

Please make sure you can view all resources offline without connecting to a server before calling your import done. This script does not cover all cases! You may need to fix/download things manually!

Running:

• Install python 3+ if not already installed.
• Get a access token from your settings page (canvas).
• Run as a script: python canvas-scraper.py link_to_your_canvas your_access_token output_path course_ids
  • For the link, use https! Othervise your token will be sent unecrypted.
  • The script fill create the output folder if it does not exist.
  • The script will overwrite earlier files that have the same name as what is being written (if run previously in same location)
  • For the course_ids, it is the last number in the course homepage link, separate multiple with commas.
• You may need to install missing libraries with pip install. (probably pip install canvasapi)