Getting this to work on Fedora 36 (likely other distros in 2022)

[Espionage724]

This is a quick guide to getting this to work on modern distros, or at least Fedora 36 in my case.

Error 1: HTTP 400 Client Error #702

• With Firefox, log into Coursera, press Shift + F9, search CAUTH, use that with the --ca flag
• Adding the --ca flag fixes this error

Error 2: HTMLParser unescape #778

• Solution is to use python 3.8 that has the attribute

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/69087410

wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py

python3.8 get-pip.py

pip3.8 install coursera-dl

Syntax (it-automation is the name of the class):

python3.8 ~/.local/bin/coursera-dl -u 'email@host.tld' -p 'password123' --video-resolution 720p 'it-automation' -ca "CAUTH"

[mohamadali-halwani]

I'm getting this error message now:

coursera_dl version 0.11.5
Downloading class: Medical Neuroscience (1 / 1)
Error 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url: https://api.coursera.org/api/onDemandCourseMaterials.v2/?q=slug&slug=Medical%20Neuroscience&includes=modules%2Clessons%2CpassableItemGroups%2CpassableItemGroupChoices%2CpassableLessonElements%2Citems%2Ctracks%2CgradePolicy&&fields=moduleIds%2ConDemandCourseMaterialModules.v1(name%2Cslug%2Cdescription%2CtimeCommitment%2ClessonIds%2Coptional%2ClearningObjectives)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialLessons.v1(name%2Cslug%2CtimeCommitment%2CelementIds%2Coptional%2CtrackId)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialPassableItemGroups.v1(requiredPassedCount%2CpassableItemGroupChoiceIds%2CtrackId)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialPassableItemGroupChoices.v1(name%2Cdescription%2CitemIds)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialPassableLessonElements.v1(gradingWeight%2CisRequiredForPassing)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialItems.v2(name%2Cslug%2CtimeCommitment%2CcontentSummary%2CisLocked%2ClockableByItem%2CitemLockedReasonCode%2CtrackId%2ClockedStatus%2CitemLockSummary)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialTracks.v1(passablesCount)&showLockedItems=true getting page https://api.coursera.org/api/onDemandCourseMaterials.v2/?q=slug&slug=Medical Neuroscience&includes=modules%2Clessons%2CpassableItemGroups%2CpassableItemGroupChoices%2CpassableLessonElements%2Citems%2Ctracks%2CgradePolicy&&fields=moduleIds%2ConDemandCourseMaterialModules.v1(name%2Cslug%2Cdescription%2CtimeCommitment%2ClessonIds%2Coptional%2ClearningObjectives)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialLessons.v1(name%2Cslug%2CtimeCommitment%2CelementIds%2Coptional%2CtrackId)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialPassableItemGroups.v1(requiredPassedCount%2CpassableItemGroupChoiceIds%2CtrackId)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialPassableItemGroupChoices.v1(name%2Cdescription%2CitemIds)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialPassableLessonElements.v1(gradingWeight%2CisRequiredForPassing)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialItems.v2(name%2Cslug%2CtimeCommitment%2CcontentSummary%2CisLocked%2ClockableByItem%2CitemLockedReasonCode%2CtrackId%2ClockedStatus%2CitemLockSummary)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialTracks.v1(passablesCount)&showLockedItems=true
The server replied: {"msg":"Routing error: Improperly formatted value for parameter 'slug'"}
HTTPError 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url: https://api.coursera.org/api/onDemandCourseMaterials.v2/?q=slug&slug=Medical%20Neuroscience&includes=modules%2Clessons%2CpassableItemGroups%2CpassableItemGroupChoices%2CpassableLessonElements%2Citems%2Ctracks%2CgradePolicy&&fields=moduleIds%2ConDemandCourseMaterialModules.v1(name%2Cslug%2Cdescription%2CtimeCommitment%2ClessonIds%2Coptional%2ClearningObjectives)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialLessons.v1(name%2Cslug%2CtimeCommitment%2CelementIds%2Coptional%2CtrackId)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialPassableItemGroups.v1(requiredPassedCount%2CpassableItemGroupChoiceIds%2CtrackId)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialPassableItemGroupChoices.v1(name%2Cdescription%2CitemIds)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialPassableLessonElements.v1(gradingWeight%2CisRequiredForPassing)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialItems.v2(name%2Cslug%2CtimeCommitment%2CcontentSummary%2CisLocked%2ClockableByItem%2CitemLockedReasonCode%2CtrackId%2ClockedStatus%2CitemLockSummary)%2ConDemandCourseMaterialTracks.v1(passablesCount)&showLockedItems=true