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2 years ago You can use the following script:
import zipfile
import os
import sys
import pathlib
def create_zip(course_path, maintain_hierarchy = False):
ziped_submissions_path = os.path.join(course_path, 'submissions.zip')
# creating zip file with write mode
zip_file = zipfile.ZipFile(ziped_submissions_path, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
# Walk through the files in a directory
for dir_path, dir_names, files in os.walk(course_path):
f_path = dir_path.replace(course_path, '')
if f_path.find('submissions') < 0:
continue
# Writing each submission file into the zip
for file_name in files:
if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(dir_path, file_name)):
continue
if not maintain_hierarchy:
parsed_path = pathlib.Path(f_path)
if len(parsed_path.parts) > 2:
if parsed_path.parts[0] in ['/', '\\']:
f_path = pathlib.Path(*parsed_path.parts[2:])
else:
f_path = pathlib.Path(*parsed_path.parts[1:])
zip_file.write(os.path.join(dir_path, file_name), os.path.join(f_path, file_name))
zip_file.close()
print("Zip Created successfully..")
return ziped_submissions_path
if __name__ == '__main__':
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print('Please enter as first argument the path of the course from which you want to zip all submissions')
print('You can specify the path in quotes like this: python zip_submissions.py "/home/user/moodle/Machine Learning and Security/"')
exit(1)
if not os.path.isdir(sys.argv[1]):
print('The specified path does not point to an existing folder')
exit(1)
maintain_hierarchy = False
create_zip(sys.argv[1], maintain_hierarchy)
Also available here: https://gist.github.com/C0D3D3V/cd0f4530c7178c01943d8a802daf9aa3
This creates a zip that looks like this when called with python zip_submissions.py "/home/user/path/to/your/course/".
Or if you set maintain_hierarchy to True:
You can of course adjust the folder structure as you like with small changes. (For example, you could remove the submissions folder from parsed_path.parts to have an even more flatter hierarchy, or just use zip_file.write(os.path.join(dir_path, file_name), file_name) (line 27) to save all submissions directly in the zip without subfolders.
Of course, the feedback PDFs from the teacher are always included.
In general I find the idea interesting to allow such granular settings that you can download for example only your own submissions and nothing else. It's just a bit strange and not the normal use case. And would mean some restructuring, currently this is not so easy to do with moodle-dl without breaking a lot, but you can easily customize moodle-dl to download only the submissions. By either adjusting the filter https://github.com/C0D3D3V/Moodle-Downloader-2/blob/e005f30bb18672b186d79e587eba0b62974fd6f4/moodle_dl/moodle_connector/moodle_service.py#L408
or change what is downloaded at all https://github.com/C0D3D3V/Moodle-Downloader-2/blob/e005f30bb18672b186d79e587eba0b62974fd6f4/moodle_dl/moodle_connector/moodle_service.py#L243
these are of course only quick and dirty changes. If you want to implement this properly so that it works properly and is configurable, feel free to make a pullrequest.
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Often at the end of a course I need to send all my assignments' submissions to the lecturer/professor for some kind of report or something similar to it. Even with Moodle Downloader I need to manually delete all the lectures, tasks information etc. and leave submissions only.
Describe the solution you'd like
Moodle Downloader has an ability to download course content with or without submissions, but having an option to download course submissions only would be great.
Describe alternatives you've considered
None
Additional context
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