PacktPub Video Downloader (pvdl)
The Easiest way to download any Packt video tutorial
Notice: You need a Packt account with subscription or free trial to download videos
Features
- Download any video using your subscription
- Resume downloads
- Download rate limit
- Easy to use
How to use
First you need to install the prerequisites. On Debian-based distributions run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-devClone this repository, install requirements and run the script. For example:
chmod +x ./pvdl.py
pip install --user -r requirements.txt
./pvdl.py -u username@example.com -p Passw0rd -l "https://subscription.packtpub.com/video/programming/9781788834995"or install pvdl using pip:
pip install --user pvdl
pvdl -u username@example.com -p Passw0rd -l "https://subscription.packtpub.com/video/programming/9781788834995"Usage:
usage: pvdl.py [-h] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-r RATE_LIMIT] [-l LINK]
PacktPub Video Downloader
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
required arguments:
-u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
Your Packt Username
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
Your Password
-r RATE_LIMIT, --rate-limit RATE_LIMIT
Download rate limit
-l LINK, --link LINK Packt Video link
License
PacktPub Video Downloader is a free software and is licensed under GNU Public License v3+
For more information see LICENSE
