Transmission

Bit Torrent client linux

Headless

Install

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install transmission-cli transmission-common transmission-daemon

Configure

sudo service transmission-daemon stop
sudo nano /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/settings.json

Username and Password

"rpc-password": "new rpc password will be hashed when transmission-daemon starts",
"rpc-username": "transmission",
"rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1,192.168.*.*",
"umask": 2,

Save and exit

sudo service transmission-daemon start
sudo usermod -a -G debian-transmission user

Starting and Stopping Transmission Daemon

sudo service transmission-daemon start
sudo service transmission-daemon stop
sudo service transmission-daemon reload

Aliases

nano /home/user/.bash_aliases

TORRENTS_DIR='/home/rafa/PycharmProjects/Scrapers/xdownload/XDownload/XDownload/torrents/pornbay'
TRANSMISSION_DOWNLOAD_FOLDER='/home/rafa/Downloads/tranmission'
alias t-start='sudo service transmission-daemon start'
alias t-stop='sudo service transmission-daemon stop'
alias t-reload='sudo service transmission-daemon reload'
alias t-list='transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -l'
alias t-basicstats='transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -st'
alias t-fullstats='transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -si'
# alias t-download='echo transmission-cli -w ${TRANSMISSION_DOWNLOAD_FOLDER} -er $TORRENTS_DIR'

function t-download() {
    transmission-cli -w ${TRANSMISSION_DOWNLOAD_FOLDER} -er $TORRENTS_DIR/${1}
}

Web Interface

http://server-ip:9091

Command Line Interface

List Torrents

transmission-remote -n 'username:password' -l

Move File

transmission-remote -n 'username:password' -t torrent_id_from_list_torrents --move /var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads/

transmission remote examples

Create a torrent file with transmission CLI

transmission-create -o /var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads/files.torrent -c "My comments" -t udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80 -t udp://open.demonii.com:1337 -t udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969 -t udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969 ~/torrent/complete/

-o /var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads/files.torrent

New torrent name and where to store the torrent

-c "My comments"

Any comments to be attached to the file

-t udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80

-t udp://open.demonii.com:1337

-t udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969

-t udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969

Trackers for the torrents, more than one tracker is recommended in case one or more goes down.

~/torrent/complete/

Directory to be made into a torrent. If a single file is required use this format "/var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads/MyFile.txt"

For more information about "transmission-create"

transmission-create -h

Add a Torrent

To add a torrent to the daemon, use this command:

transmission-remote -a [path to file].torrent

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -a /var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads/files.torrent

Torrent Information

Display information about torrent's being downloaded

Help information

transmission-remote -h

List all torrents

Note Authentication is required

transmission-remote -n 'username:password' -l

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -l

Basic Stats All Torrents

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -st

Full Stats All Torrents

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -si

Torrent #3 Full Stats

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -t 3 -f

Torrent #3 Summary Stats

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -t 3 -i

Transmission Control

Start all torrents

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -s

Stop all torrents

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -S

Start a specific torrent

transmission-remote -s [hash]

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -s -t 3

Stop a specific torrent

transmission-remote -S [hash]

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -S -t 3

Remove all torrents

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -r

Remove a specific torrent

transmission-remote -r [hash]

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -r -t 3

Get hashes for all torrents

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -i

Quit the daemon

transmission-remote -n 'transmission:transmission' -q

Move Files Script

# Get a list of all of the torrent files matching `grep`, and output to a (temp) text file:
transmission-remote -l | grep "Good" > list.txt

Loop through all lines in the text file, capture first column into $value1, move it!
while IFS=" " read -r value1 remainder;do transmission-remote -t $value1 --move /home/pat/Downloads/seeding/;done < list.txt