download torrents from rss feed

[jackmetal]

I know you do not need such explicit directions abhiroopb, but I'm writing it this way just in case others find this useful...

Amazing!!! unutbu, this is pretty close to what I've been looking for also..

I've been using TED (Torrent Episode Downloader) for a long time, but it doesn't support very many private trackers, so I've been trying to figure out some other way to do this.. Thanks a million.. I'm going to try this and see if I can get it to work with my private tracker.

[isaidi]

This is Great! Thanks unutbu! I have been looking for something that would do this. RSS File Downloaded, not sure why it was so difficult.

Automatic is the only thing i found, but it is for MAC only. http://codingcurious.com/automatic/

I will try your script.

[bigben1313]

This is exactly what I was looking for as well. I am having one problem, though. The script crashes if I try to pull torrent files for the Daily Show. Could it be something with the torrent file name?

The terminal output is:

ben@Ben-EeePC ~ $ tormon.py -O /home/ben/Downloads/Torrents
Downloading /The.Daily.Show.2009.10.26.%28PDTV-FQM%29%5BVTV%5D.torrent
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/bin/tormon.py", line 81, in <module>
    Main()  
  File "/bin/tormon.py", line 78, in __init__
    self.parse_rss_feed()
  File "/bin/tormon.py", line 70, in parse_rss_feed
    self.download_torrent(torrent)
  File "/bin/tormon.py", line 57, in download_torrent
    except (HTTPError, URLError):
NameError: global name 'HTTPError' is not defined

The script works fine if I don't try and pull from the Daily Show. Any suggestions?

[unutbu]

bigben1313, could you post the url of the rss feed you are monitoring?

[damnandy]

Thanks Unutbu!!!

Lovely Script!...but one question.

How would I monitor many RSS feeds from this one script??


Thanks Again!!!!

[isaidi]

I believe you would execute it as many times as you have rss feeds to monitor.

Schedule a job to execute each rss feed..

the script only maintains a text file to exclude already downloaded torrents..
Not sure what would happen though if you download the same torrent from different rss feeds.. Haven't tried it

[vinutux]

Try miro ...

[abhiroopb]

Miro is VERY bloated in my opinion. This provides the simplest option of downloading feeds.

[isaidi]

Try miro ...

but Miro is a completed integrated solution. All that is required here is to download the torrent files from the RSS feed.

[damnandy]

I do like that Miro is an all in one resource...but I prefer the lightweight RSS script. I have no use for Miro's other options...I have a media player that incorporates any internet audio i may need as well as most popular TV streams AND I can use it with a remote...and as for a BT client..very very limited compared to others.

Honestly other than the ease of the RSS downloader (which wouldnt handle ALL of my feeds), its a paperweight on my desktop.

Still wondering how to add multiple instances to that one script...



Thanks!!!