# (Updated) Lynda Courses Downloader with GUI \[v2.0.0\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Tools & Scripts\ **Tags:** learning, downloaders\ **Created:** [March 22, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545 "2020-03-22T12:55:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/ahmedayman4a/32/37430_2.png) [@ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/u/ahmedayman4a)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/1 "2020-03-22T12:55:42Z")
I am learning C# and wanted to make a project that helps me practice it. I made a [lynda.com](http://lynda.com) account a while ago using @Aina 's [method](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-get-lynda-skillshare-premium-account-legally-lynda-free-for-lifetime-skillshare-for-3-months/54470) whick made me want to create a program that downloads courses for offline use and at the same time practice my c#. I had no intention to share my program until @Makaroni_Makaroni asked for a program that downloads courses by scraping [lynda.com](http://lynda.com). I was already doing that with my program by using Selenium so I thought why not share my program. GUI is available for the windows version with CLI version for macos and linux Moreover, I am working on the ability to download the course to Google Drive directly. Program Github link : [https://github.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader](https://github.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader) Releases : [https://github.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader/releases/](https://github.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader/releases/) ## Why use this lynda downloader? - The only Lynda Courses Downloader with a GUI as I couldn’t find any other working ones - Easy to use - Cross platform - Download in the video quality you like - Doesn’t need the lynda desktop app - Download Exercise files automatically - Download multiple courses at a time - Automatically extract lynda token cookie from Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge ## Easy install Just go to the [releases section](https://github.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader/releases), download the version that suits your platform and make sure you follow the requirements. ## Requirements At least .Net Framework 4.6.2 which comes pre-installed with Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607) ## How to use - #### Windows Just run the Setup file. A shortcut will be added to your desktop and start menu - #### Linux Open a terminal in the directory of the LyndaCoursesDownloader program then type : ``` chmod 777 ./LyndaCoursesDownloader ``` and to run the program type: ``` ./LyndaCoursesDownloader ``` [![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader/master/LyndaCoursesDownloader.ConsoleDownloader/img/LyndaDownloaderDemo.gif) ](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader/master/LyndaCoursesDownloader.ConsoleDownloader/img/LyndaDownloaderDemo.gif) ## Getting the lynda authentication token cookie - **You can now extract the token from your browser’s default profile if you are logged into [lynda.com](http://lynda.com) by pressing Extract Token. If it didn’t work for you, manually get the token as follows:** - #### Firefox 1. Press `Shift+F9` on your keyboard **OR** right click anywhere on the Lynda website , choose “Inspect Element” and click storage. 2. Look for the word “token” the column “Name”. Copy the value and paste it in the - **GIF tutorial** : [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader/master/LyndaCoursesDownloader.ConsoleDownloader/img/LyndaTokenTutorialFirefox.gif) - #### Google Chrome 1. Right click anywhere on the page and click inspect element **OR** press `F12` on your keyboard 2. Click on the 2 arrows in the top right corner beside the word performance then click Application 3. Double click on the word “cookies” then click on [www.lynda.com](http://www.lynda.com) 4. Look for the word “token” the column “Name”. Copy the value and paste it in the - **GIF tutorial** : [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader/master/LyndaCoursesDownloader.ConsoleDownloader/img/LyndaTokenTutorialChromeCompressed.gif) ## Any Questions? Issues? Recommendations? Just create an [issue](https://github.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader/issues/new/choose) or reply below and I will answer you as soon as I can. ---
**Author:** ![imhn](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/imhn/32/32310_2.png) [@imhn](https://onehack.st/u/imhn)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/2 "2020-03-22T13:04:58Z")
Thanks my friend i will try ❤ ---
**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/3 "2020-03-22T13:09:42Z")
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**Author:** ![Aina](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/aina/32/167469_2.png) [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/4 "2020-03-22T13:23:00Z")
Thanks a bunch mate for looking forward and helping this community to get know something worth it, I saw many peoples seeking to get solution. I’m glad you have made it. Once again thanks for the valuable contribution and doing such hard work 👍 ---
**Author:** ![ARKMS47](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/arkms47/32/33940_2.png) [@ARKMS47](https://onehack.st/u/ARKMS47)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/5 "2020-03-22T13:40:10Z")
Why can’t i copy the token or url in the app, is it not available yet or am i doing something wrong? I am using Windows 8.1… ---
**Author:** ![ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/ahmedayman4a/32/37430_2.png) [@ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/u/ahmedayman4a)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/6 "2020-03-22T13:56:58Z")
You need to enable copy and paste in cmd Follow this tutorial : [http://www.onlinecmag.com/enable-copy-and-paste-feature-cmd/](http://www.onlinecmag.com/enable-copy-and-paste-feature-cmd/) ---
**Author:** ![ARKMS47](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/arkms47/32/33940_2.png) [@ARKMS47](https://onehack.st/u/ARKMS47)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/7 "2020-03-22T13:57:57Z")
Thanks mate, wonderfull, 😀 ---
**Author:** ![ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/ahmedayman4a/32/37430_2.png) [@ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/u/ahmedayman4a)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/8 "2020-03-22T14:00:56Z")
Your welcome ,SaM. I learned so much from this community so I thought it’s time to give back and contribute. ---
**Author:** ![Tana7y](https://onehack.st/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Tana7y](https://onehack.st/u/Tana7y)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/9 "2020-03-22T14:30:51Z")
not working giving me this error ╠══[!!] An error occured : One or more errors occurred. (Exception of type ‘LyndaCoursesDownloader.CourseExtractor.InvalidTokenException’ was thrown.) ╠══[!!] Error details : at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at LyndaCoursesDownloader.ConsoleDownloader.Program.RunWithoutConfig() ---
**Author:** ![ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/ahmedayman4a/32/37430_2.png) [@ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/u/ahmedayman4a)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/10 "2020-03-22T14:38:15Z")
This most probably means that you entered the wrong token. Make sure you followed the tutorial on how to get the token. If you are 100% sure you entered the right token create an issue [here](https://github.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader/issues/new/choose) so we can look more in depth. ---
**Author:** ![harrmitch](https://onehack.st/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@harrmitch](https://onehack.st/u/harrmitch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/11 "2020-03-22T14:43:37Z")
can it download the course resource files ---
**Author:** ![ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/ahmedayman4a/32/37430_2.png) [@ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/u/ahmedayman4a)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/12 "2020-03-22T14:52:01Z")
No , because you can already do that from the official lynda website so I think there is no need to download the resource files from my program. Furthermore, I found that resource files can reach 4 Gigabytes so my program would take more time to download the file than a browser. ---
**Author:** ![UnknownTiger](https://onehack.st/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/e495f1/32.png) [@UnknownTiger](https://onehack.st/u/UnknownTiger)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/13 "2020-03-22T16:34:43Z")
Thanks a lot for the share. ---
**Author:** ![RAJ\_CHHETRI](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/raj_chhetri/32/12294_2.png) [@RAJ\_CHHETRI](https://onehack.st/u/RAJ_CHHETRI)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/14 "2020-03-22T18:04:57Z")
When ever i try to login in lynda its transfer me to linkdin learning portal… ---
**Author:** ![ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/ahmedayman4a/32/37430_2.png) [@ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/u/ahmedayman4a)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/15 "2020-03-22T18:22:37Z")
I have never seen this issue but I think this is an issue with your account not the program. Are you following this tutorial : [How To Create Unlimited Lifetime Lynda Premium Accounts For Free | New Method! 💯](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-create-unlimited-lifetime-lynda-premium-accounts-for-free-new-method/61806) ? ---
**Author:** ![SH4HRI4R](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/sh4hri4r/32/174546_2.png) [@SH4HRI4R](https://onehack.st/u/SH4HRI4R)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/16 "2020-03-23T09:18:18Z")
Thank you very much.. Worked just fine. Already downloaded several courses. ---
**Author:** ![Armin](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/armin/32/49874_2.png) [@Armin](https://onehack.st/u/Armin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/18 "2020-03-30T12:17:21Z")
Thanks 😍 ---
**Author:** ![ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/ahmedayman4a/32/37430_2.png) [@ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/u/ahmedayman4a)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/19 "2020-05-13T18:49:11Z")
## Update v1.0.0 - Added GUI! ### Patch Notes : - Added a quick installer on windows - Automatically check for updates on app launch (Windows version) - Font is installed with the app to give a consistent design - Added a logger - Handled errors better - Most errors are now logged instead of thrown - If an error occurs during extraction, extraction will restart instead of stop - Detects videos with no captions to prevent errors - Increase in extraction speed by 20%~50% **v1.0.0 download link : [https://github.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader/releases/tag/v1.0.0](https://github.com/ahmedayman4a/LyndaCoursesDownloader/releases/tag/v1.0.0)** ---
**Author:** ![CrisTian](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/cristian/32/19965_2.png) [@CrisTian](https://onehack.st/u/CrisTian)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/20 "2020-05-13T19:57:50Z")
Hi @ahmedayman4a, thank you very much for developing and sharing this program with us. I want to ask you, is it possible to download the exercise files with it? ---
**Author:** ![ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/ahmedayman4a/32/37430_2.png) [@ahmedayman4a](https://onehack.st/u/ahmedayman4a)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545/21 "2020-05-13T20:00:02Z")
I will work on it since many have requested this feature but for the time being you can install the exercise from the course link [Next page](https://onehack.st/t/updated-lynda-courses-downloader-with-gui-v2-0-0/74545.md?page=2)