download_resource
Download Moodle course materials like PPTs and PDFs from a URL to your computer. Specify a custom folder or use the default download location.
Instructions
Download Moodle resource file(s) (PPT, PDF, etc.) from a URL. Supports saving to a custom local directory.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| resource_url | Yes | The exact Moodle resource URL to download from. | |
| download_path | No | The absolute folder path string (e.g. '/Users/cosmos/Desktop'). IMPORTANT: This must be a STRING value, NOT a boolean. WRONG: true, false. RIGHT: '/path/to/folder'. If not provided, it uses the default system download folder. |
Implementation Reference
- MUSTerClient.py:483-603 (handler)The primary handler function for downloading Moodle resources. It uses Selenium to load the resource page, extracts download links (pluginfile.php), transfers session cookies to requests library, downloads files while skipping existing ones, and returns details on downloaded and skipped files.
def download_resource(self, resource_url: str, download_path: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]: """ Download resource(s) from Moodle using the authenticated session.""" resolved_download_path = download_path or DOWNLOAD_DIR self._ensure_driver() if not self.logged_in: if not self.login(): raise Exception("Login required to download resources.") self.heartBeat() try: # Navigate to the resource page to get the actual download URL self.driver.get(resource_url) # Wait for the page to load and find download links WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until( EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a[onclick*='target='], a[href*='pluginfile.php']")) ) # Find all direct download links download_links = self.driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a[onclick*='target='], a[href*='pluginfile.php']") if not download_links: return {"error": "No download links found on the resource page"} # Get cookies from Selenium session for requests cookies = {} for cookie in self.driver.get_cookies(): cookies[cookie['name']] = cookie['value'] self.heartBeat() # Download headers headers = { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36' } self.heartBeat() downloaded_files = [] skipped_files = [] errors = [] self.heartBeat() # Create download directory Path(resolved_download_path).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) self.heartBeat() for i, link in enumerate(download_links): try: download_url = link.get_attribute('href') if not download_url or not download_url.startswith('http'): continue self.heartBeat() # Skip non-file links if 'pluginfile.php' not in download_url: continue self.heartBeat() # Extract filename from URL or link text filename = None try: # Try to get filename from the link text first link_text = link.text.strip() if link_text and '.' in link_text and len(link_text) < 200: filename = link_text else: # Extract from URL parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(download_url) path_parts = parsed_url.path.split('/') for part in reversed(path_parts): if '.' in part and len(part) < 200: filename = urllib.parse.unquote(part) break except Exception: pass self.heartBeat() if not filename: filename = f"download_{int(time.time())}_{i}" # Skip if file exists file_path = Path(resolved_download_path) / filename if file_path.exists(): skipped_files.append(filename) continue # Download the file response = requests.get(download_url, cookies=cookies, headers=headers, stream=True) response.raise_for_status() # Write file with open(file_path, 'wb') as f: for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=8192): f.write(chunk) file_size = file_path.stat().st_size downloaded_files.append({ "filename": file_path.name, "file_path": str(file_path), "file_size": file_size, "download_url": download_url }) except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: errors.append(f"Failed to download {download_url}: {str(e)}") except Exception as e: errors.append(f"Unexpected error downloading file {i+1}: {str(e)}") if downloaded_files or skipped_files: result = { "success": True, "total_downloaded": len(downloaded_files), "total_skipped": len(skipped_files), "downloaded_files": downloaded_files, "skipped_files": skipped_files, } if errors: result["errors"] = errors return result else: return {"error": f"No files were downloaded. Errors: {'; '.join(errors)}"} except Exception as e: return {"error": f"Unexpected error during download: {str(e)}"} - main.py:53-70 (schema)The input schema definition for the download_resource tool, defining parameters resource_url (required string) and optional download_path (string or null).
inputSchema={ "type": "object", "properties": { "resource_url": { "type": "string", "description": "The exact Moodle resource URL to download from.", }, "download_path": { "type": ["string", "null"], "description": "The absolute folder path string (e.g. '/Users/cosmos/Desktop'). \nIMPORTANT: This must be a STRING value, NOT a boolean. \nWRONG: true, false. \nRIGHT: '/path/to/folder'. \nIf not provided, it uses the default system download folder.", }, }, "required": ["resource_url"], }, ), Tool( name="open_URL_with_authorization", description="Open a URL in a new authorized browser window after Moodle login (show to user).", - main.py:213-214 (registration)Registration and dispatching logic in the MCP server's call_tool handler, which maps the tool name to its wrapper function execution.
if name == "download_resource": return _wrap_json(tool_download_resource(args["resource_url"], args.get("download_path"))) - main.py:154-158 (helper)Thin wrapper function around the core download_resource method, adding error handling and integrating with the MCP server response format.
def tool_download_resource(resource_url: str, download_path: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]: try: return muster_client.download_resource(resource_url, download_path) except Exception as e: return {"error": f"Failed to download resource: {str(e)}"}