@ctrl/rtorrent

TypeScript API wrapper for rTorrent XML-RPC interface

Installation

npm install @ctrl/rtorrent

Usage

Basic Setup

import { RTorrent } from '@ctrl/rtorrent';

const rtorrent = new RTorrent({
  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8080',
  path: '/RPC2',
  timeout: 5000,
  useSsl: false,
});

Getting Torrents

// Get all torrents (normalized format)
const torrents = await rtorrent.getAllData();

// Get all torrents (raw rTorrent format)
const rawTorrents = await rtorrent.getAllTorrents();

// Get specific torrent by hash
const torrent = await rtorrent.getTorrent('abc123...');

Adding Torrents

// Add from magnet URL
await rtorrent.addMagnet('magnet:?xt=urn:btih:...', {
  rtorrent: {
    label: 'movies',
    priority: RTorrentPriority.High,
    directory: '/downloads/movies',
    start: true,
  },
});

// Add from torrent file
const fileContent = new Uint8Array(/* torrent file bytes */);
await rtorrent.addTorrentFromFile(fileContent, {
  label: 'tv-shows',
  priority: RTorrentPriority.Normal,
  directory: '/downloads/tv',
});

// Add using normalized interface
const normalizedTorrent = await rtorrent.normalizedAddTorrent('magnet:?xt=urn:btih:...', {
  startPaused: false,
  label: 'movies',
});

Managing Torrents

// Start/stop torrents
await rtorrent.startTorrent('abc123...');
await rtorrent.stopTorrent('abc123...');

// Set priority
await rtorrent.setTorrentPriority('abc123...', RTorrentPriority.High);

// Set label/category
await rtorrent.setTorrentLabel('abc123...', 'completed');

// Remove torrent
await rtorrent.removeTorrent('abc123...', false); // false = don't delete files

Getting Detailed Information

// Get torrent files
const files = await rtorrent.getTorrentFiles('abc123...');

// Get torrent trackers
const trackers = await rtorrent.getTorrentTrackers('abc123...');

// Get torrent peers
const peers = await rtorrent.getTorrentPeers('abc123...');

// Get system information
const systemInfo = await rtorrent.getSystemInfo();
const version = await rtorrent.getVersion();

Rate Limiting

// Set download/upload rate limits (bytes per second)
await rtorrent.setDownloadRateLimit('abc123...', 1024 * 1024); // 1 MB/s
await rtorrent.setUploadRateLimit('abc123...', 512 * 1024); // 512 KB/s

// Get current limits
const downloadLimit = await rtorrent.getDownloadRateLimit('abc123...');
const uploadLimit = await rtorrent.getUploadRateLimit('abc123...');

Views Management

// Get available views
const views = await rtorrent.getViews();

// Add torrent to view
await rtorrent.addTorrentToView('abc123...', 'completed');

// Remove torrent from view
await rtorrent.removeTorrentFromView('abc123...', 'completed');

State Management

// Export client state for persistence
const state = rtorrent.exportState();

// Restore client from state
const restoredClient = RTorrent.createFromState(config, state);

API Reference

Configuration Options

interface RTorrentConfig {
  baseUrl: string; // rTorrent XML-RPC endpoint URL
  path?: string; // XML-RPC path (default: '/RPC2')
  timeout?: number; // Request timeout in ms (default: 5000)
  useSsl?: boolean; // Use HTTPS (default: false)
}

Priority Levels

enum RTorrentPriority {
  DoNotDownload = 0,
  Low = 1,
  Normal = 2,
  High = 3,
}

Torrent States

enum RTorrentTorrentState {
  Stopped = 0,
  Started = 1,
  Checking = 2,
  Starting = 3,
  Stopping = 4,
}

Testing with Docker

Start a test rTorrent container:

docker run -d \
  --name=rutorrent \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=Etc/UTC \
  -p 8080:80 \
  -p 49164:49164 \
  -p 49164:49164/udp \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  lscr.io/linuxserver/rutorrent:latest

The XML-RPC endpoint will be available at http://localhost:8080/RPC2.

XML-RPC API

This library communicates with rTorrent using its XML-RPC interface. Key methods used:

• d.multicall2 - Get torrent information
• load.start / load.normal - Add torrents from URL
• load.raw_start / load.raw - Add torrents from file
• d.erase - Remove torrents
• d.start / d.stop - Control torrent state
• system.client_version - Get version information

For complete API documentation, see the rTorrent XML-RPC wiki.

Compatibility

• rTorrent 0.9.0 or higher
• Node.js 18 or higher
• TypeScript 5.0 or higher

License

MIT