Get details out of Deluge using the RPC API

deluge-status.py

# A really hacked down version of http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Development/1.3/UIClient
# Writen to hook in to a different, syncro, script
from deluge.ui.client import client
import json

# Import reactor for our mainloop
from twisted.internet import reactor

d = client.connect()

def on_connect_success(result):
    def on_get_status(value):
        print json.dumps(value)

        # Disconnect from the daemon once we've got what we needed
        client.disconnect()
        # Stop the twisted main loop and exit
        reactor.stop()
    # uses some python magic
    # list of commands available at https://deluge.readthedocs.org/en/develop/core/rpc.html#remote-api
    # list of statuses available at http://www.rasterbar.com/products/libtorrent/manual.html#status
    client.core.get_session_status(["payload_upload_rate", "payload_download_rate"]).addCallback(on_get_status)

d.addCallback(on_connect_success)

reactor.run()