bbbdl

A tool for downloading BigBlueButton meetings

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• ffmpeg
• pipx

Installing

Run the following command:

pipx install bbbdl

Usage

Download a single BigBlueButton meeting

bbbdl download -i {MEETING_URL} -o {OUTPUT_FILE_NAME}

Download all meetings from a list

bbbdl sync -j {LIST_FILE}

Download all meetings from a remote list

bbbdl sync -r {LIST_FILE_URL}

Meeting list format

A JSON file containing an object with filename/url pairs:

{
  "a.mp4": "https://example.org/playback/presentation/2.0/playback.html?meetingId=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-1111111111111",
  "b.mp4": "https://example.org/playback/presentation/2.0/playback.html?meetingId=bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb-2222222222222"
}

Development

1. Clone the git repository
2. Install the dependencies with poetry:

   poetry install