NAME

Transmission::Client - Interface to Transmission

VERSION

0.0603

DESCRIPTION

Transmission::Client is the main module in a collection of modules to communicate with Transmission. Transmission is:

 Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client that is:
  * Easy
  * Lean
  * Native
  * Powerful
  * Free

If you want to communicate with "transmission-daemon", this is a module which can help you with that.

The documentation is half copy/paste from the Transmission RPC spec: https://trac.transmissionbt.com/browser/trunk/extras/rpc-spec.txt

This module differs from P2P::Transmission in (at least) two ways: This one use Moose and it won't die. The latter is especially annoying in the constructor.

SYNOPSIS

 use Transmission::Client;

 my $client = Transmission::Client->new;
 my $torrent_id = 2;
 my $data = base64_encoded_data();

 $client->add(metainfo => $data) or confess $client->error;
 $client->remove($torrent_id) or confess $client->error;

 for my $torrent (@{ $client->torrents }) {
    print $torrent->name, "\n";
    for my $file (@{ $torrent->files }) {
        print "> ", $file->name, "\n";
    }
 }

 print $client->session->download_dir, "\n";

FAULT HANDLING

In 0.06 Transmission::Client can be constructed with "autodie" set to true, to make this object confess instead of just setting "error". Example:

    my $client = Transmission::Client->new(autodie => 1);

    eval {
        $self->add(filename => 'foo.torrent');
    } or do {
        # add() failed...
    };

SEE ALSO

Transmission::AttributeRole Transmission::Session Transmission::Torrent Transmission::Utils

ATTRIBUTES

url

 $str = $self->url;

Returns an URL to where the Transmission rpc api is. Default value is "http://localhost:9091/transmission/rpc";

error

 $str = $self->error;
 

Returns the last error known to the object. All methods can return empty list in addtion to what spesified. Check this attribute if so happens.

Like "autodie"? Create your object with autodie set to true and this module will throw exceptions in addition to setting this variable.

username

 $str = $self->username;

Used to authenticate against Transmission.

password

 $str = $self->password;

Used to authenticate against Transmission.

timeout

 $int = $self->timeout;

Number of seconds to wait for RPC response.

session

 $session_obj = $self->session;
 $stats_obj = $self->stats;

Returns an instance of Transmission::Session. stats() is a proxy method on "session".

torrents

 $array_ref = $self->torrents;
 $self->clear_torrents;

Returns an array-ref of Transmission::Torrent objects. Default value is a full list of all known torrents, with as little data as possible read from Transmission. This means that each request on a attribute on an object will require a new request to Transmission. See "read_torrents" for more information.

version

 $str = $self->version;

Get Transmission version.

session_id

 $self->session_id($str);
 $str = $self->session_id;

The session ID used to communicate with Transmission.

METHODS

add

 $bool = $self->add(%args);

 key              | value type & description
 -----------------+-------------------------------------------------
 download_dir     | string    path to download the torrent to
 filename         | string    filename or URL of the .torrent file
 metainfo         | string    torrent content
 paused           | boolean   if true, don't start the torrent
 peer_limit       | number    maximum number of peers

Either "filename" or "metainfo" MUST be included. All other arguments are optional.

See "3.4 Adding a torrent" from https://trac.transmissionbt.com/browser/trunk/extras/rpc-spec.txt

remove

 $bool = $self->remove(%args);

 key                | value type & description
 -------------------+-------------------------------------------------
 ids                | array    torrent list, as described in 3.1
 delete_local_data  | boolean  delete local data. (default: false)

ids can also be the string "all". ids is required.

See "3.4 Removing a torrent" from https://trac.transmissionbt.com/browser/trunk/extras/rpc-spec.txt

move

 $bool = $self->move(%args);


 string      | value type & description
 ------------+-------------------------------------------------
 ids         | array      torrent list, as described in 3.1
 location    | string     the new torrent location
 move        | boolean    if true, move from previous location.
             |            otherwise, search "location" for files

ids can also be the string "all". ids and location is required.

See "3.5 moving a torrent" from https://trac.transmissionbt.com/browser/trunk/extras/rpc-spec.txt

start

 $bool = $self->start($ids);

Will start one or more torrents. $ids can be a single int, an array of ints or the string "all".

stop

 $bool = $self->stop($ids);

Will stop one or more torrents. $ids can be a single int, an array of ints or the string "all".

verify

 $bool = $self->stop($ids);

Will verify one or more torrents. $ids can be a single int, an array of ints or the string "all".

read_torrents

 @list = $self->read_torrents(%args);
 $array_ref = $self->read_torrents(%args);

 key         | value type & description
 ------------+-------------------------------------------------
 ids         | array      torrent list, as described in 3.1
             |            this is optional
 lazy_read   | will create objects with as little data as possible.

List context

Returns a list of Transmission::Torrent objects and sets the "torrents" attribute.

Scalar context

Returns an array-ref of Transmission::Torrent.

rpc

 $any = $self->rpc($method, %args);

Communicate with backend. This methods is meant for internal use.

read_all

 1 == $self->read_all;

This method will try to populate ALL torrent, session and stats information, using three requests.

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

Jan Henning Thorsen

cpanm Transmission::Client

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Transmission::Client