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Yet Another Method To Grab Download-Disabled Slideshows From SlideShare Lewis' Blog

This document describes a method to download slideshows from SlideShare that have downloads disabled. It involves examining the source code of a slideshow page to find the filenames of each slide image. Then it uses the cURL command to sequentially download each image file, effectively grabbing the entire slideshow presentation. The method works by automating the retrieval of each individual slide image URL and saving it locally.

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Yet Another Method To Grab Download-Disabled Slideshows From SlideShare Lewis' Blog

This document describes a method to download slideshows from SlideShare that have downloads disabled. It involves examining the source code of a slideshow page to find the filenames of each slide image. Then it uses the cURL command to sequentially download each image file, effectively grabbing the entire slideshow presentation. The method works by automating the retrieval of each individual slide image URL and saving it locally.

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15/05/2016

YetanothermethodtograbdownloaddisabledslideshowsfromSlideShareLewis'Blog

Yes,Iknow.Horrible,horriblesubject.Thethoughtofstealingjpgswhichare
publiclyviewable...Oh,well.
Standarddisclaimerapplies:Teachingsomeonehowtostealabookdoesnot
maketheteacherguiltyoftheft.Ifyougetintroubleforfollowingthese
directions,shameonyou,notonme.
So,asaproofofconcept,IwascuriousastowhatSlideSharedoestoinhibit
downloadingofpresentations.Apparently,alltheydoisnotprovidethe(original?)
PowerPointdocumentfordownload1,2.However,ifoneexaminesthesourceof
thepage,itisfairlyeasytodeterminethefilenameofeachslideimage,andthen
automateafetchtograbeachone.

Webbrowserorsomethingtoretrievethesourceofoneoftheslideshow'spages(well,sinceyou'rereadingthis,I
supposewehavethisonecovered)
cURL(lookforaversioncompatiblewithyourOSstarthere)

That'sit.

1.Openthepagecontaininganyslideinthesetyouwanttodownload.
2.Viewthesourceofthepage(inMozillabasedbrowsers,thisisusuallyaccomplishedwithCtrlU).
3.Searchfor"og:image"inthesource,andcopytheurlwhichfollows.
4.Notetheslidecountinthelowerleftofthepresentation.
5.Openaterminal(commandpromptorwindowsession).
6.Navigatetowhereyouwouldliketosavethedownloadedimages.
7.RunthefollowingcURLcommand:

curlOhttp://image.slidesharecdn.com/<nameofpresentationincludingnumericstring>phpapp02

Searchingforog:imageinthesource,wefind:

<!fbopengraphmetatags>

<metaname="fb_app_id"property="fb:app_id"class="fb_og_meta"content="7890123456"/>
<metaname="og_type"property="og:type"class="fb_og_meta"content="slideshare:presentation"/>
<metaname="og_url"property="og:url"class="fb_og_meta"content="http://www.slideshare.net/somedirectory/somepresentation
<metaname="og_image"property="og:image"class="fb_og_meta"content="http://image.slidesharecdn.com/somepresentation12345

Theurlspecifiedbyog_imageis:
http://image.slidesharecdn.com/somepresentation1234567890phpapp02/95/slide11024.jpg

Assumethattheslidecountis55(i.e.,onthefirstslide,thelowerleftindicates
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"1/55").OnceinthedirectorywhereIwanttosavetheimages,Isimplytell
cURL:
curlOhttp://image.slidesharecdn.com/somepresentation1234567890phpapp02/95/slide[155]1024.jpg

andcURLwillretrieveeachjpginthedeck.

TheOoptiontellscURLtosavethedataastheoriginalfilename.Withoutthis,
cURLwilldutifullyretrieveadatastream,whichisoflittleuse.
The[155]tellscURLtosuccessivelydownloadthefilename,replacingthatspace
(betweenthedashesinthisexample)withthesubsequentnumber,e.g.:
curlOhttp://image.slidesharecdn.com/somepresentation1234567890phpapp02/95/slide11024.jpg
curlOhttp://image.slidesharecdn.com/somepresentation1234567890phpapp02/95/slide21024.jpg
curlOhttp://image.slidesharecdn.com/somepresentation1234567890phpapp02/95/slide31024.jpg
[...]
curlOhttp://image.slidesharecdn.com/somepresentation1234567890phpapp02/95/slide551024.jpg

Mynaturalinclinationwastousewgetforthis.However,wgetdoesnotsupport
globbingforhttp(nowildcards),andwhileIcouldhavefeditsomeregexto
specifyoneurlaftertheother,thisisahorriblyclumsywayofaccomplishingthe
task.

Thepointofallofthisisnottogoandripoffeverydownloaddisabled
presentationonSlideShare,butrathertopresentaworkingexampleofhowto
usecURLtoretrievesequentialfilenamesviahttp(orftp).Ifyoufindanother
gooduseforthisoneliner,pleasepostacommenttoletmeknow.
1.Pointoffact#1:Idon'tusePowerPoint,andIabsolutelygoballisticwhensomeoneemailsmeoneofthose
disgustinglyhugefileswhichImustthenconverttosomethingreadable(i.e.,praythatitwillopeninImpressand
thenallowmetosaveittoanImpressfileorbetter,apdf).
2.Pointoffact#2:Idonot(yet)haveanaccountonSlideShare,whichisapparentlyrequiredtodownloadany
presentationsfromtheirsite.

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