Windows HOW-TO get uTorrent to tell XBMC to update its library

watzen · 2010-12-13 03:25

Hi I just set up the new version of uTorrent (2.2) that has the ability to always run a program when it has finished downloading a torrent. This feature is able to pass on the user set label that the torrent has.
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So the automatic setup works like this:

uTorrent watches a RSS-feed with torrents
It downloads and starts the torrents that I have selected through filters
I have set a label for each filter so that torrents that match my Bones-filter gets a "TV-shows/Bones"-label
It downloads the files to d:\incoming
When it has completed the download it moves the files to d:\ and appends the label to the path as well. so if it is a bones episode it will put it in d:\TV-shows\Bones
After completion it also calls the above vbs-file with Update.vbs "%L". The %L passes the label of the completed torrent.
XBMC executes the command and checks if there are any new files in the specified folder.

watzen · 2010-12-17 21:36

1. Enable the http-server in XBMC

2. Change settings in uTorrent

watzen · 2010-12-17 21:36

3. Add Feed

4. Add Keywords to the autodownloader in uTorrent

5. Create the script
Open up notepad and paste the code posted below

Code:

Dim objSvrHTTP

Dim connectionString

Dim JSONstring

Dim xbmcConnection

Dim sourcePath

Dim message

Dim header

Dim myPath

Set objSvrHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")

On Error Resume Next

'===============================================================================​==

'edit this line to work with your setup

xbmcConnection = "http://user:password@ip:port/jsonrpc?request="

'examples

'xbmcConnection = "http://xbmc:xbmc@localhost:8080/jsonrpc?request="

'xbmcConnection = "http://xbmc:myownpass@192.168.1.101:80/jsonrpc?request="

'set this parameter to your main sourcepath.  "c:\path\to\main\folder\" for when you have local sources and "smb://computer/path/to/main/folder/" when you have network sources

sourcePath = "YOUR/PATH/TO/SOURCE/"

'examples

'sourcePath = "c:\downloaded\"

'sourcePath = "smb://HTPC/"

'===============================================================================​==

'if the first argument is -U (for update) then it performs the update procedure and sends a notification to xbmc.

if WScript.Arguments.Item(0) = "-U" then

    'Send a command to xbmc to display a notification when a torrent finishes    

    JSONstring = URLEncode(Replace("{''jsonrpc'':''2.0'',''method'':''GUI.ShowNotification'',''params'':{''title'':'​'uTorrent'',''message'':''Finished downloading " & WScript.Arguments.Item(1) & "''},''id'':1}","''",Chr(34)))

    connectionString =  xbmcConnection & JSONstring

    objSvrHTTP.open "GET", connectionString, False

    objSvrHTTP.send

    'Send a command to xbmc that tells it to update the supplied directory

    JSONstring = URLEncode(Replace("{''jsonrpc'':''2.0'',''method'':''VideoLibrary.Scan'',''params'':{''directory'':​''"& sourcePath & WScript.Arguments.Item(2) &"/''},''id'':1}","''",Chr(34)))

    connectionString =  xbmcConnection & JSONstring

    WScript.Sleep 1000 * 10

    objSvrHTTP.open "GET", connectionString, False

    objSvrHTTP.send    

'if the first argument is -S (for status) then it performs the status procedure and in this case only when the status is "Queued". 

'That way I get a notification in xbmc when a new torrent is added

elseif WScript.Arguments.Item(0) = "-S" then

    'check if the status is Queued

    if WScript.Arguments.Item(1) = "Queued" then

        header = WScript.Arguments.Item(1)

        message = WScript.Arguments.Item(2)

        JSONstring = URLEncode(Replace("{''jsonrpc'':''2.0'',''method'':''GUI.ShowNotification'',''params'':{''title'':'​'uTorrent'',''message'':''Queued: " & message & "''},''id'':1}","''",Chr(34)))

        objSvrHTTP.open "GET", connectionString, False

        objSvrHTTP.send

    end if

end if

Function URLEncode(ByVal str)

 Dim strTemp, strChar

 Dim intPos, intASCII

 strTemp = ""

 strChar = ""

 For intPos = 1 To Len(str)

  intASCII = Asc(Mid(str, intPos, 1))

  If intASCII = 32 Then

   strTemp = strTemp & "+"

  ElseIf ((intASCII < 123) And (intASCII > 96)) Then

   strTemp = strTemp & Chr(intASCII)

  ElseIf ((intASCII < 91) And (intASCII > 64)) Then

   strTemp = strTemp & Chr(intASCII)

  ElseIf ((intASCII < 58) And (intASCII > 47)) Then

   strTemp = strTemp & Chr(intASCII)

  Else

   strChar = Trim(Hex(intASCII))

   If intASCII < 16 Then

    strTemp = strTemp & "%0" & strChar

   Else

    strTemp = strTemp & "%" & strChar

   End If

  End If

 Next

 URLEncode = strTemp

End Function

Edit the two marked lines and save the file as C:\update\update.vbs (if that is the path you wrote in utorrent settings)

6. Let the magic do its thing

stoli · 2010-12-17 22:46

@watzen - Thanks for that. Now I can turn off the auto-update add-on and get real-time library updates.

watzen · 2010-12-18 00:39

Ok, so I have updated the script with the ability to send notifications as well. When the script gets one argument it sends it as an update library command and when it receives two arguments it sends those as header and message

Just put c:\update\update.vbs "uTorrent - %M" "%N" in the "Run this program when a torrent changes state" box in uTorrent preferences.
(this is only neccesary if you want notifications in XBMC for each time a torrent changes state, and they change state a lot. So this is not so useful)

bmcclure937 · 2010-12-24 07:50

Hmm. I wonder how to do this from Linux or from a NAS... since my torrents are downloading straight to my NAS using the embedded client Wink

GorillaHuman · 2011-01-02 21:54

Nice one!
Too bad it doesn't work for me. I'm running uTorrent at the same pc as I run XBMC.
uTorrent downloads the shows to C:\Downloads\Series\[name] automatically. Their labels are Series\[name].

xbmcConnection = "http://user:pass@192.168.1.18:80" (user/pass match XBMC)
sourcePath = "C:\Downloads"

When I type in cmd the following (to emulate uTorrent)

Code:

Update.vbs "Series\[name]"

XBMC just flashes "compressing database" and doesn't update.
What am I doing wrong?

watzen · 2011-01-03 00:42

GorillaHuman Wrote:Nice one!
Too bad it doesn't work for me. I'm running uTorrent at the same pc as I run XBMC.
uTorrent downloads the shows to C:\Downloads\Series\[name] automatically. Their labels are Series\[name].

xbmcConnection = "http://user:pass@192.168.1.18:80" (user/pass match XBMC)
sourcePath = "C:\Downloads"

When I type in cmd the following (to emulate uTorrent)

Code:

Update.vbs "Series\[name]"
XBMC just flashes "compressing database" and doesn't update.
What am I doing wrong?

I think you need to change the sourcePath to "C:\Downloads\"
(note the trailing slash)

watzen · 2011-01-03 00:50

bmcclure937 Wrote:Hmm. I wonder how to do this from Linux or from a NAS... since my torrents are downloading straight to my NAS using the embedded client

yeah, well, get your software to GET this url when finished:

Code:

http://user:password@ip:port/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=ExecBuiltIn(UpdateLibrary(video,pathwhereyourfilesare))

mwkurt · 2011-01-03 16:38

Or you can just use Sickbeard to update your XBMC library by having utorrent move completed files to the directory that Sickbeard processes it's downloads from. As long as the show is listed as a Sickbeard show, the files should be processed. I believe this works the same way with Couchpotato.

Mark

watzen Fan Posts: 460 Joined: Jan 2007 Reputation: 10 Location: Sweden	2010-12-17 21:36 Post: #2 1. Enable the http-server in XBMC 2. Change settings in uTorrent Livingroom - C2D E8400, P5N7A-VM on a Samsung 46" LE46M86 FullHD via HDMI Kitchen - ASRock 330 HT Displayed on a Samsung Lapfit 22" dual touch screen LD220Z Bedroom - LG Laptop on a 32" tv (This post was last modified: 2011-02-27 17:42 by watzen.)
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stoli Skilled Skinner Posts: 2,405 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 31 Location: Florida	2010-12-17 22:46 Post: #4 @watzen - Thanks for that. Now I can turn off the auto-update add-on and get real-time library updates. -stoli- Metropolis Available in Passion Repo
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bmcclure937 Fan Posts: 659 Joined: Dec 2010 Reputation: 5 Location: Ohio	2010-12-24 07:50 Post: #6 Hmm. I wonder how to do this from Linux or from a NAS... since my torrents are downloading straight to my NAS using the embedded client
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mwkurt Posting Freak Posts: 988 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 10	2011-01-03 16:38 Post: #10 Or you can just use Sickbeard to update your XBMC library by having utorrent move completed files to the directory that Sickbeard processes it's downloads from. As long as the show is listed as a Sickbeard show, the files should be processed. I believe this works the same way with Couchpotato. Mark
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