qBittorrent WebUI API

Manage torrents via qBittorrent's WebUI API (v4.1+).

Setup

Config: ~/.clawdbot/credentials/qbittorrent/config.json

{
  "url": "http://localhost:8080",
  "username": "admin",
  "password": "adminadmin"
}

Quick Reference

List Torrents

# All torrents
./scripts/qbit-api.sh list

# Filter by status
./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --filter downloading
./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --filter seeding
./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --filter paused

# Filter by category
./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --category movies

Filters: all, downloading, seeding, completed, paused, active, inactive, stalled, errored

Get Torrent Info

./scripts/qbit-api.sh info <hash>
./scripts/qbit-api.sh files <hash>
./scripts/qbit-api.sh trackers <hash>

Add Torrent

# By magnet or URL
./scripts/qbit-api.sh add "magnet:?xt=..." --category movies

# By file
./scripts/qbit-api.sh add-file /path/to/file.torrent --paused

Control Torrents

./scripts/qbit-api.sh pause <hash>         # or "all"
./scripts/qbit-api.sh resume <hash>        # or "all"
./scripts/qbit-api.sh delete <hash>        # keep files
./scripts/qbit-api.sh delete <hash> --files  # delete files too
./scripts/qbit-api.sh recheck <hash>

Categories & Tags

./scripts/qbit-api.sh categories
./scripts/qbit-api.sh tags
./scripts/qbit-api.sh set-category <hash> movies
./scripts/qbit-api.sh add-tags <hash> "important,archive"

Transfer Info

./scripts/qbit-api.sh transfer   # global speed/stats
./scripts/qbit-api.sh speedlimit # current limits
./scripts/qbit-api.sh set-speedlimit --down 5M --up 1M

App Info

./scripts/qbit-api.sh version
./scripts/qbit-api.sh preferences

Response Format

Torrent object includes:

• hash, name, state, progress
• dlspeed, upspeed, eta
• size, downloaded, uploaded
• category, tags, save_path

States: downloading, stalledDL, uploading, stalledUP, pausedDL, pausedUP, queuedDL, queuedUP, checkingDL, checkingUP, error, missingFiles