rtorrent-interface

Small interface against rtorrent which supports adding magnet links and viewing the progress of downloads with a website. Uses flask and python 3.

#Setup

1. Install a virtualenv for python3:

    virtualenv /path/to/rtorrent-interface
   

2. Install all packages that are required:

    /path/to/rtorrent-interface/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
   

3. Copy cfg/rtorrent-interface.cfg.dist to cfg/rtorrent-interface.cfg and configure it to point to the correct rtorrent path. You will need to set the scgi_local parameter inside you .rtorrent.rc file, eg:

    scgi_local = /path/to/where/you/want/your/socket.sock
   

4. Start the webinterface by running

    ./rtorrent-interface.py
   

Todo

• Be notified in some way when a torrent is finished
• Make sure that all necessary config options are set before starting up.

Via website

• Some kind of refresh token as described in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26739167/jwt-json-web-token-automatic-prolongation-of-expiration

Done

• Some kind of authentication for clients
• Support for showing progress of torrents
• Support for showing list of torrents
• Add a torrent

XMLRPC API calls

Rtorrent works with hashes by default, which identify each download/torrent.

Call name	Parameters	What it does
download_list	none	Returns an array/list of all hashes that are in the main view.
load_start	torrent_path/magnet_link	Loads the given path/magnet link and starts it. Always seems to return 0
load_start_verbose	See load_start	See load_start
d.pause	hash	Pauses the given download
d.resume	hash	Resumes a download, it's a good idea to call is_open before calling this.
load	torrent_path/magnet_link	Does the same as load_start but doesn't start downloading the torrent. TODO: return values?
load_verbose	See load	See load
start	hash	Start the given download
d.get_name	hash	Retrieve the name of the torrent with the given hash. Does not have anything to do with the name of the individual files in this torrent.
d.get_completed_bytes	hash	Get the amount of bytes that are completed for the given torrent hash
d.get_size_bytes	hash	Get the total size in bytes of the given torrent hash