node-pd

A utility that helps you download video of Pluralsight to your local disk.

Feature

• (new) Downloads transcript and convert to SRT subtitle file for each video file
• (new) Stores user/pass and path so that no need to key in while downloading
• Remembers the progress of downloading
• Wait for seconds (cooldown) after each clip downloads, prevent your account from being disabled

Note

Using this tool requires you to have your own valid subscription to Pluralsight

Usage

npm install -g node-pd
pd download -u [account] -p [password] -s [path-to-save] [list of course id separated by space char]

Or configure before downloading.

pd config -u [account] -p [password] -s [path-to-save]
pd download [list of course id separated by space char] 

How to find course id

E.g., if URL of a course page is "https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/react-redux-react-router-es6", the course id is "react-redux-react-router-es6".

Examples

pd download react-redux-react-router-es6 play-by-play-nano-server

This will download both "Building Applications with React and Redux in ES6" and "Play by Play: Nano Server".

Customize cooldown time

To prevent Pluralsight from blocking your account, we need to wait for dozens of seconds between downloads.

There're 3 modes: Auto, Normal, Prudent. The default mode is Auto, in which the interval is calculated based on video duration.

pd config -d [Auto|Normal|Prudent]

Here Normal is around 45 seconds, Prudent is around 60 seconds.

You can also specify a static number of seconds. E.g.,

pd config -d 4

The program will wait for 4 seconds after each download.

Warning

Using this tool might violate the Terms of Use of Pluralsight, use at your own risk.