Command-line torrent search program (tool)

ondoho · 09-09-2017, 04:18 AM

nice!

but why can't the sites to be searched be set in the config.ini?
typing out "torrench -t -k -s ...." each time ... idk, of course i could set an alias but this seems like a flaw in the software to me.

also, there was a minor glitch with the new config.ini:

Quote:

configparser.ParsingError: Source contains parsing errors: '/home/someone/.config/torrench/config.ini'
[line 10]: 'get you into serious troubles. Use it at your own risk.\n'

anon12 · 09-09-2017, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

but why can't the sites to be searched be set in the config.ini?
typing out "torrench -t -k -s ...." each time ... idk, of course i could set an alias but this seems like a flaw in the software to me.

It gives options to user. Some prefer TPB, while some prefer KAT, some skytorrents.
Also, if any site goes down, another can be used.
Its not a flaw, but rather giving options to user. That being said, the software is opensource. Tweak as you please

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

also, there was a minor glitch with the new config.ini:

Thanks! Fixed!

Soitgoes · 09-09-2017, 07:43 PM

I like the idea very much.. I cloned and built your folder from github. My few issues were the magnet links which is probably a fault on my part considering I use rtorrent and don't know how to automatically convert the magnet link to a torrent file with rtorrent. Also, the -t option for Pirate Bay did not work at all. If you need a few more site suggestions, I would look at 1337x.to and rarbg.to.. Like I said though, this would be great to use all the time. The magnets just don't work for me. Thank you.

Regards

anon12 · 09-09-2017, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Soitgoes

My few issues were the magnet links which is probably a fault on my part considering I use rtorrent and don't know how to automatically convert the magnet link to a torrent file with rtorrent.

I do not use rtorrent, but this kind of issue once came up. If I am not wrong, mangetic links can be directly served to rtorrent? That was one reason why I printed magnetic links to console, so they can be copied and served to rtorrent.

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Originally Posted by Soitgoes

Also, the -t option for Pirate Bay did not work at all. If you need a few more site suggestions, I would look at 1337x.to and rarbg.to.. Like I said though, this would be great to use all the time. The magnets just don't work for me. Thank you.

TPB did not work at all? As in the proxies were not available in your country? Or is it some tool bug? Please give some details. If its a bug, can you send me log file, so I can see what went wrong? Send log file to kryptxy@protonmail.com

About other sites, I will keep adding more websites in time

Soitgoes · 09-09-2017, 08:53 PM

I emailed you. Thanks again.

Regards

ondoho · 09-10-2017, 04:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kryptxy

It gives options to user. Some prefer TPB, while some prefer KAT, some skytorrents.
Also, if any site goes down, another can be used.
Its not a flaw, but rather giving options to user.

options of course.

but my preferences don't change - if i use a multisite torrent search tools, i want it to, well, use multiple sites, and as many as possible. this is individual but never changes for me.
so i want to define these options in the config.ini, and not have to type them out each time.

i think this is just common practice and not some personal feature request of mine.

Soitgoes · 09-10-2017, 09:37 AM

I am in agreeance with ondoho.. that would be great to be able to actually set the sites of my choice in the config file. What happens if all the sites you have built in go down, then it's back to making another release versus editing a text file. Just my opinion. Again, thank you for the effort. I like the direction of your project.

Regards

anon12 · 09-11-2017, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

options of course.

but my preferences don't change - if i use a multisite torrent search tools, i want it to, well, use multiple sites, and as many as possible. this is individual but never changes for me.

Okay, I think I lost you here. What exaclty do you mean by multi-site support?

anon12 · 09-11-2017, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soitgoes

I am in agreeance with ondoho.. that would be great to be able to actually set the sites of my choice in the config file. What happens if all the sites you have built in go down, then it's back to making another release versus editing a text file. Just my opinion. Again, thank you for the effort. I like the direction of your project.

Regards

Well, you are in luck

Adding more sites is simple.

For TPB: Just add the proxy site in the beginning of the already-present list.
For KAT: Same as above. (Though I cannot assure all of them will work as some proxies share different code base. I added the ones I could find that share the same code base. You can try with other sites (and let me know about the ones that work?))
SkyTorrents official site is pretty fast and is available throughout. But still if you want to use any proxy, simply add site at the beginning.

Note: Seperate sites with a single <space>

ondoho · 09-11-2017, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kryptxy

Okay, I think I lost you here. What exaclty do you mean by multi-site support?

your script searches torrents from multiple sites, doesn't it? like, thepiratebay.org is a site, isohunt.to is a site, etc.

anon12 · 09-11-2017, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

your script searches torrents from multiple sites, doesn't it? like, thepiratebay.org is a site, isohunt.to is a site, etc.

Yes it does. And what exactly do you wish to achieve? Like without putting (-t/-s...) it should search different sites like tpb/kat/skytorrents?

ondoho · 09-12-2017, 01:02 AM

the command line options -t, -s, -k should also be configuration options, so i could add something like

Code:

TPB=true/false
SKY=true/false
KAT=true/false

in config.ini, so instead of having to type out

Code:

torrench -t -k -s "search term"

i would only type

Code:

torrench "search term"

and it would do the same.

Like I said before, imo this is NOT an exotic feature request, but rather a convention, how most gnu/linux tools work.

anon12 · 09-12-2017, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

the command line options -t, -s, -k should also be configuration options, so i could add something like

Code:

TPB=true/false
SKY=true/false
KAT=true/false

in config.ini, so instead of having to type out

Code:

torrench -t -k -s "search term"

i would only type

Code:

torrench "search term"

and it would do the same.

Like I said before, imo this is NOT an exotic feature request, but rather a convention, how most gnu/linux tools work.

If no argument is supplied, torrench searches linuxtracker.

Code:

torrench "search" ##Searches linuxtracker.org

What you want can be easily achieved using alias.

anon12 · 09-22-2017, 02:06 PM

UPDATE - v1.0.53

* Added Nyaa[.]si support (Anime) (-n flag)

* Added XBit[.]pw support (-x flag)

* Automatically copy magnetic link to clipboard [All platforms]

* Added transmission client support [Linux/MacOS]

* Fix wrong index display bug [TPB/KAT/linuxtracker]

* Few other minor fixes/updates.

Updated/New copy of config.ini file is required for XBit/Nyaa support

See CHANGELOGS for detailed info.

anon12 · 09-27-2017, 02:04 PM

[UPDATE - v1.0.54]

Add torrent to client directly from torrench (Do see CHANGELOGS for more info on same)
Added --copy argument. Use this argument to copy magnetic link to clipboard. Magnetic link is not copied to clipboard without --copy.
Display option to Print magnetic link or Load magnet to client (KAT,SkyTorrents,Nyaa) instead of directly displaying the magnetic link.

See CHANGELOGS for detailed info.