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Pirate
Command line torrent downloader.
Parses HTML pages on ThePirateBay based on a search string provided. Downloads torrents using transmission-daemon.
Initially made for the older version with torrents hosted from a separate subdomain, but now modified for grabbing magnet links instead.
Requirements
This script was written in Python version 2.7. Version 3 compatibility requires rewriting some code, and may be done at a later time. Pull requests welcome.
This script depends on 3 external Python libraries. Please ensure the following are installed to the system:
- transmissionrpc
- requests
- beautifulsoup4
If pip is installed, just run the following as root:
pip install transmissionrpc requests beautifulsoup4
Usage
Place the script somewhere in your executable path. I like ~/bin
$ mkdir ~/bin
$ echo 'PATH=$PATH:~/bin' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
$ cp pirate/pirate.py ~/bin
Then just run it
$ pirate.py
The rest is self explanatory
BONUS Add a cron job to run //removeFinishedTorrents.py// every 5 minutes. Hook it into PushBullet for mobile notifications.
TODO
- Refactor code; not a fan of the spaghetti code functions
- Comment script better; for personal reasons. I hate being confused 6 months later
- Maybe add a setup script. Maybe