Coursera Automation

Step 0 - Make sure you have python installed on your PC. As installing it is not a part of this tool.

Refer to this video for python installation - YouTube

Step 1 — Download the Tool

Download the project from GitHub .

Make sure Python is already installed on your computer.

Step 2 — Copy Coursera Cookies

Login to your Coursera account.

1. Right click anywhere on the page.
2. Click Inspect.
3. Open the Application tab.
4. Select Cookies → coursera.org.
5. Copy these cookie values:
   • CAUTH
   • CSRF3-Token
   • __204u

If you are using mac you don't need to save create config.json by own, the command will automatically fetch it from chrome.

Step 3 — Create Configuration File

Create the following folder if it doesn't already exist:

C:\Users\YourUsername\.skip-course
        

Inside this folder, create a file named:

config.json
        

Paste the generated JSON into this file and save it.

Step 4 — Extract Course Slug

Paste your Coursera course URL below.

Step 5 — Install Requirements

Open the downloaded project in VS Code.

Run:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Once the installation finishes, press Ctrl + C if the terminal continues running.
In case you get stuck at pyproject.toml process, kill the process by running ctrl + c.

Step 6 — Run the Tool

Run:

python -m apurva.main course-slug

Example: Note: After running if you get module not found error you can download that module by following command -

pip install module-name

python3 -m pip install module-name

python -m apurva.main machine-learning