Piazza-resources-downloader-NG

Provides a tool to download all resources linked in the Piazza resources panel.

Updates

• Jan 6, 2021 the rules for parsing resource links and names are updated to keep up with the latest Piazza.

Requirements

• Python, works with either 2 or 3.

• Requests, which is a handy library to handle http operations. It can be installed via different ways.

  Using pip:

  pip install requests

  Using anaconda:

  conda install -c anaconda requests

Getting started

1. Clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/tianjiaoding/piazza-downloader-NG.git

2. Go to Piazza resources page where all the resources can be dowloaded.

3. In your broswer, excute the Javascript code fetch_urls_and_names.js that is in the repository.

   • For example, if you are using Chrome, press F12 and go to the Console tab. If you are using Firefox, got to Developer > Debugger and then Console.
   • Copy and paste the aforementioned code, then press Enter.

4. You should see outputs in your console with links and with names. Put links in resources_links.txt, and put names in resources_names.txt. Replace the existing ones if you like.

5. Edit your login details in the Python code, and execute it.

cd piazza-downloader-NG
python get_resources_files.py

Acknowledgement

This work is based on warmspringwinds's repository. However, the original version is no longer being maintained and not functional in many cases, e.g., when login is required, or the link contains newline symbol. This work aims at fixing those problems and providing a working tool.