deluge-api

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Deluge Web JSON-RPC and core RPC reference covering session login, web methods, and commonly used core torrent operations.

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Skill: Deluge API

Purpose

Use this skill when you need to integrate with Deluge Web or reason about Deluge RPC calls exposed through the Web UI.

Protocols

Web API

Endpoint: /json
Spec: JSON-RPC v1-style request body
Typical request body:

{
  "method": "web.update_ui",
  "params": [["name", "progress"], {}],
  "id": 1
}

File uploads are sent to /upload

Core daemon RPC

DelugeRPC is the daemon/client wire protocol. Messages are zlib-compressed, rencode-encoded payloads.

Request: [[request_id, method, [args], {kwargs}], ...]
Response: [message_type, request_id, [return_value]]
Error: [message_type, request_id, exception_type, exception_msg, traceback]
Event: [message_type, event_name, data]

The Web UI exposes many core methods directly through the JSON endpoint, so callers often use JSON requests with core.*, auth.*, and web.* method names.

Session flow

Typical Web UI flow:

auth.login(password)
web.get_hosts()
web.connect(host_id)
Use web.* and core.* methods against the connected daemon

Main Web methods

Method	Parameters	Purpose
`web.add_host`	`host, port, username='', password=''`	Add daemon to host list
`web.edit_host`	`host_id, host, port, username='', password=''`	Edit host entry
`web.remove_host`	`host_id`	Remove host entry
`web.get_hosts`	none	Return configured hosts
`web.get_host_status`	`host_id`	Get daemon status
`web.connect`	`host_id`	Connect Web UI to a daemon
`web.connected`	none	Check connected state
`web.disconnect`	none	Disconnect current daemon
`web.get_events`	none	Drain queued events
`web.register_event_listener`	`event`	Subscribe to event queue
`web.deregister_event_listener`	`event`	Remove subscription
`web.get_config`	none	Read Web UI config
`web.set_config`	`config`	Update Web UI config
`web.set_theme`	`theme`	Change theme
`web.get_plugins`	none	Available/enabled Web UI plugins
`web.get_plugin_info`	`name`	Plugin details
`web.get_plugin_resources`	`name`	Plugin resource files
`web.upload_plugin`	`filename, path`	Upload plugin
`web.download_torrent_from_url`	`url, cookie=None`	Download torrent to temp path
`web.get_magnet_info`	`uri`	Parse magnet metadata
`web.get_torrent_info`	`filename`	Inspect torrent file on disk
`web.get_torrent_files`	`torrent_id`	Torrent files tree
`web.get_torrent_status`	`torrent_id, keys`	Selected torrent fields
`web.update_ui`	`keys, filter_dict`	Incremental UI snapshot
`web.add_torrents`	`[{path, options}]`	Add uploaded/downloaded torrent files

Core methods commonly used through Web API

Method	Parameters	Purpose
`core.get_config_values`	`[keys]`	Read daemon config such as `download_location`
`core.resume_torrent`	`[hashes]`	Resume torrents
`core.pause_torrent`	`[hashes]`	Pause torrents
`core.force_recheck`	`[hashes]`	Recheck torrents
`core.remove_torrent`	`[hash, remove_data]`	Remove torrent, optionally deleting data
`core.queue_up`	`[hashes]`	Move up in queue
`core.queue_down`	`[hashes]`	Move down in queue
`core.queue_top`	`[hashes]`	Move to top
`core.queue_bottom`	`[hashes]`	Move to bottom

Important request and response details

web.connect(host_id) returns the list of methods the daemon supports
web.update_ui(keys, filter_dict) returns torrent/UI data keyed by torrent hash
web.add_torrents() expects uploaded files to be referenced by temporary path
web.download_torrent_from_url() returns the temporary filename to pass into web.add_torrents()
web.get_torrent_info() returns name, files_tree, and info_hash

Common options for `web.add_torrents`

Common per-torrent options include:

download_location
file_priorities
add_paused
compact_allocation
max_connections
max_download_speed
max_upload_slots
max_upload_speed
prioritize_first_last_pieces

Electorrent usage

Electorrent uses:

auth.login
web.get_hosts
web.connect
web.update_ui
web.download_torrent_from_url
web.add_torrents
core.get_config_values
core.resume_torrent
core.pause_torrent
core.force_recheck
core.remove_torrent
core.queue_up, core.queue_down, core.queue_top, core.queue_bottom