fetcher

Fetcher

Fetcher is a tool to fetch content from the O’Reilly Learning platform and store it locally. For experimental use only!

Installation

Before you start, create an “Content” API token at https://learning.oreilly.com/account/api-tokens/. This token will be used to authenticate with the O’Reilly Learning platform.

Then:

• Install the latest package on the releases page. Currently only OSX is supported.
• Run the auth command and enter the content auth token you created earlier.
• Open a terminal and run the fetcher command.
• Use the search command to find and download content you want to experiment with.

Usage

auth

Authenticate with the O’Reilly Learning platform using a long-lived JWT. This value will be saved in a file in your home directory, so keep it secure.

search

• Description: Search for a work.
• Arguments:
  • query: Search terms to look for.
  • --name: (optional) Directory name to use. If you do not provide this argument, the direcotry will be named in the the form <identifier>-<title slug> (e.g. 9781492047116-oreilly-saas-architecture).
  • --transcript: (optional) Use this flag to retrieve a raw transcript with timecodes rather than markdown.

fetch

• Description: Download content based on its identifier.
• Arguments:
  • identifier: Identifier to fetch.
  • --name: (optional) Directory name to use. If you do not provide this argument, the direcotry will be named in the the form <identifier>-<title slug> (e.g. 9781492047116-oreilly-saas-architecture).
  • --transcript: (optional) Use this flag to retrieve a raw transcript with timecodes rather than markdown.

cd

• Description: Change the working directory.
• Arguments:
  • dir: Path to change to.

mkdir

• Description: Make a directory.
• Arguments:
  • dir: Directory name.

ls

• Description: List directories in the current directory.

pwd

• Description: Print the working directory.

version

• Description: Print the version of the program.

help

• Description: Print this help message.

exit

• Description: Exit the REPL.