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title: Qbitmaid
date: '2024-11-3'
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lastmod: '2024-11-14'
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tags: ['python', 'projects', 'code']
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summary: How I used python to keep my torrents in check
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images: ['https://s3.jonb.io/cdn/projects/qbitmaid.jpg']
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### qbit-maid
Development [^1] of qbitmaid was over the course of several months. At first, the project was called qbit-clean and didn't have all the features the project has now. The issue was mainly with my download cache in unraid being filled with torrents I no longer needed to seed[^2]. When I would get a notification from the server that the download cache was 95% full I would have to manually go to [qbittorrent](https://www.qbittorrent.org/), sort the torrents by age and remove the ones older than two weeks avoiding torrents I wanted to keep.
This was tedious. Very tedious. So I went off to do more work just to avoid a little.
`qbitmaid.py`[^3]
```python
...
class Qbt:
def __init__(self):
"""Main object, should be calling functions from qlist.py, qlogging.py and qprocess.py"""
...
#logging in
try:
self.tl.info('Connecting to host.')
self.qbt_client.auth_log_in()
self.tl.info('Connected.')
except qbittorrentapi.APIError as e:
self.tl.exception(e)
self.po.send_message(e, title="qbit-maid API ERROR")
# Pulling all torrent data
self.torrent_list = self.qbt_client.torrents_info()
#Main process block
if self.use_log:
list_qbit_api_info(self)
list_first_tor(self)
debug_torrent_list(self)
build_tor_list(self)
process_counts(self)
if self.use_log:
torrent_count(self)
tor_processor(self)
if self.use_log:
print_processor(self)
if self.delete_torrents:
tor_delete(self)
self.et = datetime.datetime.now()
get_script_runtime(self)
if self.use_pushover:
tor_notify_summary(self)
if self.use_apprise:
tor_notify_apprise(self, r, apprise_notify)
if self.use_healthcheck:
send_ping(self, r, self.healthcheck_url)
# Run
if __name__== "__main__":
Qbt()
```
This is the main file that glues the project together. This was my first project where I heavily
[^1]: The Source Code can be found [here][source-code].
[^2]: Private trackers require you to seed a torrent for a period of time. In my case, I have to seed for about 2 weeks or to a ratio of 1.
[^3]: Code has been removed for examples in this article.
[source-code]: https://git.jonb.io/jblu/qbit-maid
