rtremote

rtremote is a intermediary server that manages the traffic between your running rtorrent client and rtorrent remote Android app. The rtremote is Open Source and public. The mobile app is not.

HOWTO

How to run rtremote Web Sockets server next to your running rtorrent.

Downloading

Do not clone this repo, rather get a release from here. The repo contains test and test dependencies you don't need.

Requirements

• rtorrent compile in with --with-xmlrpc-c flag
• rtorrent socket file, ususally .rtorrent.sock
• Python 3.7+ (3.6.1+ might work as well, but rtremote was only tested on 3.7+)
• Python dependencies, installed with pip install -r requirements.txt

Running

• unpack and get into the rtremote directory
• make sure start.sh has correct permissions, it needs +x to execute
• make sure that start.sh (last line) executes correct Python version
• edit the start.sh file, makig sure you set all parameters correctly
• secret key needs to be in SHA1 encrypted format, you can get it e.g. whis way: echo 'abc123' |sha1sum, where abc123 is your secret key

Using

Get rtorrent remote app from Google Play store, configure it to point to this server, have fun.

Troubleshooting

In case of issues, you can increase logging level from INFO (default) to DEBUG by editing utils.py.