Transmission Watch Folders

A docker and Python3 version of

The goal is to add as "addon" in a torrent download docker stack. My personnal plan is to use it together with some sync folder on my OneDrive or other sync service (but that would be used with another container)

What is Transmission-multiple-watch-folders

A small Python script which provides a way to automate multiple watch directories when using TransmissionRPC, an API version of the popular Transmission torrent client. This should work remotly as the torrent is send as base64 encoded file throught the API.

The script runs in the background and searches the specified watch directories for torrent files, every 1 minute by default.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Transmission

Usage

Here are some example snippets to help you get started creating a container.

Docker

docker run \
  --name=Transmission-folders \
  -e RPC_DOWNLOAD_TV_FOLDER=/downloads/TV \
  -e RPC_DOWNLOAD_MOVIES_FOLDER=/downloads/MOVIES \
  -e RPC_DOWNLOAD_MUSIC_FOLDER=/downloads/MUSIC \
  -e RPC_CLIENT_USER=user \
  -e RPC_CLIENT_PASSWORD=PASSWORD \
  -v path to torrents folder:/torrents \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  soflane/transmission-watch-folders

Docker

version: "3"
services:
  Transmission-folders:
    image: mysql:5
    container_name: Transmission-folders
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - path to torrents folder:/torrents
    environment:
      - RPC_DOWNLOAD_TV_FOLDER=/downloads/TV
      - RPC_DOWNLOAD_MOVIES_FOLDER=/downloads/MOVIES
      - RPC_DOWNLOAD_MUSIC_FOLDER=/downloads/MUSIC 
      - RPC_CLIENT_USER=user
      - RPC_CLIENT_PASSWORD=PASSWORD

Working with environment variables

All fields below are required, but some of them have already a default value, making the docker-compose file or command less bulky.

Variable	Use	Default value
RPC_WATCH_TV_FOLDER	Folder to watch .torrent files (TV shows)	/torrents/TV
RPC_WATCH_MOVIES_FOLDER	Folder to watch .torrent files (Movies)	/torrents/Movies
RPC_WATCH_TV_FOLDER	Folder to watch .torrent files (Music)	/torrents/Music
RPC_DOWNLOAD_TV_FOLDER	Where Transmission should download TV shows
RPC_DOWNLOAD_MOVIES_FOLDER	Where Transmission should download Movies
RPC_DOWNLOAD_MUSIC_FOLDER	Where Transmission should download Music
RPC_CLIENT_HOST	Transmission Web UI host	transmision
RPC_CLIENT_PORT	Transmission Web UI port	9091
RPC_CLIENT_USER	Transmission Web UI username
RPC_CLIENT_PASSWORD	Transmission Web UI password

Logs

For now, the logs will come in this folder so feel free to make a volume.

/opt/logs

It is not my priority, but best would be to access it via docker logs also

Configuration

Adding Or Removing Directories

Because this is a pretty quick-and-dirty solution, there is only 3 watchfolders. But as open source is open, don't hesitate to pull requests.