uTorrent-client-python

uTorrent API Client for Python3

How to use

1. Setup up virtual environment

This library uses "requests", so you need to run pip3 install -r requirements.txt to download the depedencies.

Swithc to the virtual env by typing;

$ source env/bin/activate

2. Activate uTorrent WEB UI

To use this library you first need to activate uTorrent/bitTorrent Web UI and configure the credentials and ports.

3. inport UTorrentAPI

In your code import the library as;

from utorrentapi import UTorrentAPI

And initalize as;

apiclient = UTorrentAPI(<url>, <user name>, <password>)

Ex;

apiclient = UTorrentAPI('http://127.0.0.1:35653/gui', 'admin', 'laky123')

4. use helper class

Import this

from utorrentapi import TorrentListInfo

Use like this

data = apiclient.get_list()
tor_list = TorrentListInfo(data)
filename = tor_list.torrents[0].name 

API Methods

• get_list(): List all torrents.

• get_files(torrentid): List all filed of a torrent.

• start(torrentid): Start torrent.

• stop(torrentid): Stop torrent.

• pause(torrentid): Pause torrent.

• forcestart(torrentid): Force start torrent.

• unpause(torrentid): Start a pause torrent, same as start.

• recheck(torrentid): Recehck torrent status.

• remove(torrentid): Remove torrent file.

• removedata(torrentid): Remove torrent file with data.

• set_priority(torrentid, priority, fileindex): Set priority to each file in a torrent.

• add_file(file_path): Add torrent file to download.

• add_url(fiel_path): Add torrent URL to download (magnet link).

MIT License