custom script to remove file types from being downloaded using transmission-rpc python lib

tm_banned_extensions.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
""" Custom remote transmission server configurations
"""
from transmission_rpc import Client
# See https://transmission-rpc.readthedocs.io/

PROTOCOL="https"
USERNAME="user"
PASSWORD="password"
HOST="remote.server.example.net"
PORT=9091
RPC_PATH="/transmission/rpc"

media_paths = (
  "/home/downloads/isos",
  "/home/downloads/pdfs"
)

banned_extensions = (
  ".acm",
  ".ax",
  ".cpl",
  ".dll",
  ".drv",
  ".efi",
  ".exe",
  ".lnk"
  ".msstyles",
  ".mui",
  ".mun",
  ".ocx",
  ".scr",
  ".sys",
  ".tsp",
  ".txt", 
)

client = Client(protocol=PROTOCOL, username=USERNAME, password=PASSWORD, host=HOST, port=PORT, path=RPC_PATH)

torrent_list = client.get_torrents()

for torrent in torrent_list:
  if torrent.download_dir in media_paths:
    if len(torrent.file_stats) > 1:
      banned_file_extension_matches=[file.id for file in torrent.get_files() if file.name.lower().endswith(tuple(banned_extensions))]
      if len(banned_file_extension_matches) > 0:
        client.change_torrent(
          torrent.hashString,
          files_unwanted=banned_file_extension_matches
        )