Download the Web Applications videos from Stanford's OpenClassroom. http://openclassroom.stanford.edu

hci.rb

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'fileutils'

BASE = "http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/courses/HCI/videos/"

for l in 1..42 do

  for p in 1..20 do
    uri = "CS147L" + l.to_s + "P" + p.to_s + ".flv"
    uri_obj = URI.parse(BASE + uri)
    success = false
    count = 0
    while (!(File.exists?(uri)) && !(File.exists?("#{uri}.lock")) && !success) do
      begin
        FileUtils.touch("#{uri}.lock")
        res = Net::HTTP.start(uri_obj.host, uri_obj.port) do |http|
          head_data = http.head(uri_obj.path)
          if head_data.code.eql?("200")
            puts "Getting contents of #{uri}"
            http.get(uri_obj.path)
          else
            nil
          end
        end
        if (res != nil && res.body != nil)
          puts "Writing #{uri} to file"
          open(uri, "wb") { |file| file.write(res.body) }
        end
        success = true
      rescue
        puts "Pull failed, retrying"
        count = count + 1
        success = true if count > 5
      end
      
      FileUtils.rm_f("#{uri}.lock") if File.exists?("#{uri}.lock")
    end
    
    puts "File #{uri} in place" if File.exists?(uri)
  end
end

web.rb

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'fileutils'

BASE = "http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/courses/WebApplications/videos/"

for l in 1..42 do

  for p in 1..20 do
    uri = "CS142L" + l.to_s + "P" + p.to_s + ".flv"
    uri_obj = URI.parse(BASE + uri)
    success = false
    count = 0
    while (!(File.exists?(uri)) && !(File.exists?("#{uri}.lock")) && !success) do
      begin
        FileUtils.touch("#{uri}.lock")
        res = Net::HTTP.start(uri_obj.host, uri_obj.port) do |http|
          head_data = http.head(uri_obj.path)
          if head_data.code.eql?("200")
            puts "Getting contents of #{uri}"
            http.get(uri_obj.path)
          else
            nil
          end
        end
        if (res != nil && res.body != nil)
          puts "Writing #{uri} to file"
          open(uri, "wb") { |file| file.write(res.body) }
        end
        success = true
      rescue
        puts "Pull failed, retrying"
        count = count + 1
        success = true if count > 5
      end
      
      FileUtils.rm_f("#{uri}.lock") if File.exists?("#{uri}.lock")
    end

    puts "File #{uri} in place" if File.exists?(uri)
  end
end