qbittorrent_ark

Helps to manipulate qbittorrent torrents without GUI, but only with the help of a special file (ark file).

Setting up qbittorrent. Run the program at least once; this ark file will be created. Modify it, and run it again. From now on, you can change object parameters through this file. To sync with qbittorrent, simply run it again.

Set up qbittorrent

Install it.

sudo apt install qbittorrent  # Debian-like
# or
sudo pacman -Sy qbittorrent  # Arch

# Also can be installed qbittorrent-nox, if needed

Configure it:

nano ~/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf
# [LegalNotice]
# Accepted=true
#
# [Preferences]
# WebUI\AuthSubnetWhitelist=192.168.0.0/24
# WebUI\Port=8025
# WebUI\AuthSubnetWhitelistEnabled=false
# WebUI\UseUPnP=false
# WebUI\Address=127.0.0.1
# WebUI\Enabled=true
# WebUI\LocalHostAuth=false
# WebUI\Username=admin
# WebUI\Password_PBKDF2="@ByteArray(uVWSMZUV90kaymHPcu5EHQ==:Ueo5NCRUEQbmiH+DZyVqmaDOXLFphmlgRqVM7pDUwkuwdXgMDhkheCTmlPzf4cSi8QRDz99oHHdf2LQosvSl2w==)"  # password is "adminadmin", change it

# Or run qbittorrent and setup in Preferences -> Web UI

Installation and startup

[!WARNING] Just in case, backup the folders: ~/.config/qBittorrent and ~/.local/share/qBittorrent.

pip3 install qbittorrent_ark

qbittorrent_ark /path/to/ark/file/ark.yaml  # If /path/to/ark/file/ark.yaml does not exists, then ark yaml file template will be created.

It worked on qBittorrent v5.0.3 at least.

[!WARNING] Just in case, backup ark file (ark.yaml) before each use of the qbittorrent_ark.