Pull searchees from qBittorrent API (BT_Backup gone)

[KyleSanderson]

qbittorrent/qBittorrent#16768

[mmgoodnow]

what is no longer supported?

[KyleSanderson]

BT_Backup is no longer in-use, and they're using SQLite (torrents.db) with WAL to store session state.

[Slikkster]

Since you are already using the qbittorrent API to inject the torrents, why not also use it for checking for existing torrents instead of using the BT_backup directory? Then it wouldn't matter how qbittorrent stores information on the disk.

[KyleSanderson]

They've added a new endpoint, api/v2/torrents/export, that can export the full torrent file from the client. So what could probably be done on the cross-seed side of things, is scan the list, then export the torrent files it doesn't have based on the infohash and store it in the cache.

[KyleSanderson]

Wrote this dumb thing https://github.com/KyleSanderson/sessionerr as a workaround

[onedr0p]

This would be great if cross seed was updated to support qB with sqlite. SQLite with WAL has significantly improved qB startup and loading times for me and has been very stable over the past year of using it. I just went thru trying to set up cross-seed but to be hit by this issue, if y'all need someone to help test I'm here. 👍

[MrMarble]

Is there any update on this? It has been on ready for a while now.
I'm wiling to do some testing if it's needed

[KyleSanderson]

Is there any update on this? It has been on ready for a while now. I'm wiling to do some testing if it's needed

Does Sessionerr not work for you?

[onedr0p]

I must be out of the loop, what is Sessionerr??

[0dragosh]

Also interested. I was able to find your project Sessionerr @KyleSanderson but it lacks a README and I don't feel like going spelunking to find out what it does.

[MrMarble]

I must be out of the loop, what is Sessionerr??

#365 (comment)
Looking at the code seems like it pulls the torrents using the qbt api and creates a BT_Backup folder to use with cross-seed

Is there any update on this? It has been on ready for a while now. I'm wiling to do some testing if it's needed

Does Sessionerr not work for you?

Tbh I did not try it, I might do, but I'll prefer official support to the new version instead of having something running in the middle

[onedr0p]

I'll wait for official support, however if @KyleSanderson properly documents their project I might give it a shot.

[mmgoodnow]

I've got a branch in progress working on this but haven't had a lot of time lately.

[KyleSanderson]

I must be out of the loop, what is Sessionerr??

#365 (comment) Looking at the code seems like it pulls the torrents using the qbt api and creates a BT_Backup folder to use with cross-seed

Is there any update on this? It has been on ready for a while now. I'm wiling to do some testing if it's needed

Does Sessionerr not work for you?

Tbh I did not try it, I might do, but I'll prefer official support to the new version instead of having something running in the middle

Well sure. It's kind of meant for adults 😆. If you're comfortable waiting another year you're free to do that, if you wanted a solution 6 months ago, it's been sitting there freely available for usage to get the aforementioned party out of their jam.

[onedr0p]

@KyleSanderson I don't understand your attitude... it is very off putting. If you want adults to use your projects would it be that hard to add a README with instructions and share the knowledge that only you possess?

[0dragosh]

@KyleSanderson thanks for letting us know that you consider an undocumented, unpackaged mess of 3 Go files a project meant for adults, will stay clear of it!

[KyleSanderson]

@KyleSanderson I don't understand your attitude... it is very off putting. If you want adults to use your projects would it be that hard to add a README with instructions and share the knowledge that only you possess?

So, to clarify for the group of you. You've found a reported issue on the repository, with a linked fix, but it's not documented and there's a refusal to open the single 80sloc file with switches clearly at the top. Instead of asking for help, you've decided to blame the author for not having a public readme, and claim you're a victim. It's a fix exclusively for this problem.

The audacity here is absolutely outrageous, and I'm glad it's being used by some, and not by others. Good luck and have fun.

[onedr0p]

@KyleSanderson I asked for a README with how to set it up, sorry if that wasn't clear. I don't think asking here how to configure Sessionerr is the right place for that discussion but it's good that the tool exists in the meantime.

@mmgoodnow can you please re-open this issue. It is clearly a feature request for cross-seed to support, not an undocumented tool created by @KyleSanderson