Coursera-dl HTTPError: 400

HTTPError: 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url: https://api.coursera.org/api/login/v3

Solution

Assumptions

1 If you are downloading https://www.coursera.org/learn/[CLASS-NAME]/home/info For example: class home: https://www.coursera.org/learn/cloud-infrastructure-design-process/home/info Here [CLASS-NAME] = cloud-infrastructure-design-process

2 Obtain CAUTH token for the course

• Navigate to the class home

• Right click > select Inspect

Select Inspect option

• Select Application

• Take note of the CAUTH

CAUTH token

Snippet

# General command
coursera-dl -ca 'CAUTH' [CLASS-NAME]

# Example
coursera-dl -ca 't7OlopZp-vgTjHpFalsljlskfdlfakf' cloud-infrastructure-design-process

References

1. https://github.com/coursera-dl/coursera-dl/issues/702