moodlefuse - FUSE filesystem for Moodle

This is a FUSE filesystem for Moodle. It allows you to mount your Moodle site as a filesystem and access your Moodle files as if they were local files.

It is a concept that has been around for a while, but I have not found any implementations that I could get to work, or that were not abandoned. This is my attempt at creating one.

Installation

First, you need to create a .env file with the following variables:

SITE=https://moodle.example.com
MOODLE_USERNAME=yourusername
PASSWORD=yourpassword
MOUNT=/path/to/mountpoint

Then, just run the python script with the requirements installed. You can use a virtual environment if you want.

pip install -r requirements.txt
python moodlefuse.py

This only works on Linux, as it uses FUSE. I have not tested it on Mac, but it could work there too.

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or newer
• fusepy - FUSE bindings for Python
• requests - HTTP library for Python
• python-dotenv - Python library for reading .env files

Features

• Read-only filesystem to read your Moodle files and announcements
• In-memory file caching mechanism
• Automatic html-to-markdown conversion for announcements

Future enhancements

• Better memory handling (customizable), expecially for large files (chunking)
• Forum viewing support
• Persistent tree cache (currently it is built at every mount)
• Better error handling
• Better logging
• Better documentation

Demo