Remove completed torrents in Transmission.

flushTransmission.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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"""
 Remove completed torrents in Transmission.


 Copyright © 2016 by John Celoria <[REDACTED]>.

 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
 any later version.

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

"""
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## Set some defaults
__author__  = 'John Celoria'
__version__ = '0.2'

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## Library imports

import argparse, logging, os, sys
# pip install transmission-fluid
from transmission import Transmission
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logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def isFinished(torrent):
    if torrent['isFinished'] is True:
        logger.info(torrent['name']+" is completed.")
        return torrent


def main(arguments):

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__,
        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
    parser.add_argument('-H', '--host', default="localhost",
        help = "Transmission host")
    parser.add_argument('-P', '--port', default="9091",
        help = "Transmission port")

    args = parser.parse_args(arguments)
    
    logger.info("#########################################################")
    logger.info("## ..::[{}]::.. ##".format(os.path.basename(__file__)))
    logger.info("#########################################################")

    client = Transmission(host=args.host, port=int(args.port))
    torrents = client('torrent-get', fields=['id', 'isFinished', 'name'])['torrents']

    ids = [torrent['id'] for torrent in torrents if isFinished(torrent)]
    client('torrent-remove', ids=ids)
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
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