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Transmission's RPC specification
This document describes a protocol for interacting with Transmission sessions remotely.
1.1 Terminology
The JSON terminology in RFC 4627 is used. RPC requests and responses are formatted in JSON.
1.2 Tools
If transmission-remote
is called with a --debug
argument, its RPC traffic to the Transmission server will be dumped to the terminal. This can be useful when you want to compare requests in your application to another for reference.
If transmission-qt
is run with an environment variable TR_RPC_VERBOSE
set, it too will dump the RPC requests and responses to the terminal for inspection.
Lastly, using devtools in the Transmission web client is always an option.
2 Message format
Messages are formatted as objects. There are two types: requests (described in 2.1) and responses (described in 2.2).
All text must be UTF-8 encoded.
2.1 Requests
Requests support three keys:
- A required
method
string telling the name of the method to invoke - An optional
arguments
object of key/value pairs. The keys allowed are defined by themethod
. - An optional
tag
number used by clients to track responses. If provided by a request, the response MUST include the same tag.
{
"arguments": {
"fields": [
"version"
]
},
"method": "session-get",
"tag": 912313
}
2.2 Responses
Responses to a request will include:
- A required
result
string whose value MUST besuccess
on success, or an error string on failure. - An optional
arguments
object of key/value pairs. Its keys contents are defined by themethod
andarguments
of the original request. - An optional
tag
number as described in 2.1.
{
"arguments": {
"version": "2.93 (3c5870d4f5)"
},
"result": "success",
"tag": 912313
}
2.3 Transport mechanism
HTTP POSTing a JSON-encoded request is the preferred way of communicating
with a Transmission RPC server. The current Transmission implementation
has the default URL as http://host:9091/transmission/rpc
. Clients
may use this as a default, but should allow the URL to be reconfigured,
since the port and path may be changed to allow mapping and/or multiple
daemons to run on a single server.
2.3.1 CSRF protection
Most Transmission RPC servers require a X-Transmission-Session-Id header to be sent with requests, to prevent CSRF attacks.
When your request has the wrong id -- such as when you send your first
request, or when the server expires the CSRF token -- the
Transmission RPC server will return an HTTP 409 error with the
right X-Transmission-Session-Id
in its own headers.
So, the correct way to handle a 409 response is to update your
X-Transmission-Session-Id
and to resend the previous request.
2.3.2 DNS rebinding protection
Additional check is being made on each RPC request to make sure that the client sending the request does so using one of the allowed hostnames by which RPC server is meant to be available.
If host whitelisting is enabled (which is true by default), Transmission
inspects the Host:
HTTP header value (with port stripped, if any) and
matches it to one of the whitelisted names. Regardless of host whitelist
content, localhost
and localhost.
domain names as well as all the IP
addresses are always implicitly allowed.
For more information on configuration, see settings.json documentation for
rpc-host-whitelist-enabled
and rpc-host-whitelist
keys.
2.3.3 Authentication
Enabling authentication is an optional security feature that can be enabled on Transmission RPC servers. Authentication occurs by method of HTTP Basic Access Authentication.
If authentication is enabled, Transmission inspects the Authorization:
HTTP header value to validate the credentials of the request. The value
of this HTTP header is expected to be Basic <b64 credentials>
,
where is equal to a base64 encoded string of the
username and password (respectively), separated by a colon.
3 Torrent requests
3.1 Torrent action requests
Method name | libtransmission function |
---|---|
torrent-start |
tr_torrentStart |
torrent-start-now |
tr_torrentStartNow |
torrent-stop |
tr_torrentStop |
torrent-verify |
tr_torrentVerify |
torrent-reannounce |
tr_torrentManualUpdate ("ask tracker for more peers") |
Request arguments: ids
, which specifies which torrents to use.
All torrents are used if the ids
argument is omitted.
ids
should be one of the following:
- an integer referring to a torrent id
- a list of torrent id numbers, SHA1 hash strings, or both
- a string,
recently-active
, for recently-active torrents
Response arguments: none
3.2 Torrent mutator: torrent-set
Method name: torrent-set
Request arguments:
Key | Value Type | Value Description |
---|---|---|
bandwidthPriority |
number | this torrent's bandwidth tr_priority_t |
downloadLimit |
number | maximum download speed (KBps) |
downloadLimited |
boolean | true if downloadLimit is honored |
files-unwanted |
array | indices of file(s) to not download |
files-wanted |
array | indices of file(s) to download |
group |
string | The name of this torrent's bandwidth group |
honorsSessionLimits |
boolean | true if session upload limits are honored |
ids |
array | torrent list, as described in 3.1 |
labels |
array | array of string labels |
location |
string | new location of the torrent's content |
peer-limit |
number | maximum number of peers |
priority-high |
array | indices of high-priority file(s) |
priority-low |
array | indices of low-priority file(s) |
priority-normal |
array | indices of normal-priority file(s) |
queuePosition |
number | position of this torrent in its queue [0...n) |
seedIdleLimit |
number | torrent-level number of minutes of seeding inactivity |
seedIdleMode |
number | which seeding inactivity to use. See tr_idlelimit |
seedRatioLimit |
double | torrent-level seeding ratio |
seedRatioMode |
number | which ratio to use. See tr_ratiolimit |
trackerAdd |
array | DEPRECATED use trackerList instead |
trackerList |
string | string of announce URLs, one per line, with a blank line between tiers |
trackerRemove |
array | DEPRECATED use trackerList instead |
trackerReplace |
array | DEPRECATED use trackerList instead |
uploadLimit |
number | maximum upload speed (KBps) |
uploadLimited |
boolean | true if uploadLimit is honored |
Just as an empty ids
value is shorthand for "all ids", using an empty array
for files-wanted
, files-unwanted
, priority-high
, priority-low
, or
priority-normal
is shorthand for saying "all files".
Response arguments: none
3.3 Torrent accessor: torrent-get
Method name: torrent-get
.
Request arguments:
- An optional
ids
array as described in 3.1. - A required
fields
array of keys. (see list below) - An optional
format
string specifying how to format thetorrents
response field. Allowed values areobjects
(default) andtable
. (see "Response arguments" below)
Response arguments:
-
A
torrents
array.If the
format
request wasobjects
(default),torrents
will be an array of objects, each of which contains the key/value pairs matching the request'sfields
arg. This was the only format before Transmission 3 and has some obvious programmer conveniences, such as parsing directly into Javascript objects.If the format was
table
, thentorrents
will be an array of arrays. The first row holds the keys and each remaining row holds a torrent's values for those keys. This format is more efficient in terms of JSON generation and JSON parsing. -
If the request's
ids
field wasrecently-active
, aremoved
array of torrent-id numbers of recently-removed torrents.
Note: For more information on what these fields mean, see the comments in libtransmission/transmission.h. The 'source' column here corresponds to the data structure there.
Key | Value Type | transmission.h source |
---|---|---|
activityDate |
number | tr_stat |
addedDate |
number | tr_stat |
bandwidthPriority |
number | tr_priority_t |
comment |
string | tr_torrent_view |
corruptEver |
number | tr_stat |
creator |
string | tr_torrent_view |
dateCreated |
number | tr_torrent_view |
desiredAvailable |
number | tr_stat |
doneDate |
number | tr_stat |
downloadDir |
string | tr_torrent |
downloadedEver |
number | tr_stat |
downloadLimit |
number | tr_torrent |
downloadLimited |
boolean | tr_torrent |
editDate |
number | tr_stat |
error |
number | tr_stat |
errorString |
string | tr_stat |
eta |
number | tr_stat |
etaIdle |
number | tr_stat |
file-count |
number | tr_info |
files |
array (see below) | n/a |
fileStats |
array (see below) | n/a |
group |
string | n/a |
hashString |
string | tr_torrent_view |
haveUnchecked |
number | tr_stat |
haveValid |
number | tr_stat |
honorsSessionLimits |
boolean | tr_torrent |
id |
number | tr_torrent |
isFinished |
boolean | tr_stat |
isPrivate |
boolean | tr_torrent |
isStalled |
boolean | tr_stat |
labels |
array of strings | tr_torrent |
leftUntilDone |
number | tr_stat |
magnetLink |
string | n/a |
manualAnnounceTime |
number | tr_stat |
maxConnectedPeers |
number | tr_torrent |
metadataPercentComplete |
double | tr_stat |
name |
string | tr_torrent_view |
peer-limit |
number | tr_torrent |
peers |
array (see below) | n/a |
peersConnected |
number | tr_stat |
peersFrom |
object (see below) | n/a |
peersGettingFromUs |
number | tr_stat |
peersSendingToUs |
number | tr_stat |
percentComplete |
double | tr_stat |
percentDone |
double | tr_stat |
pieces |
string (see below) | tr_torrent |
pieceCount |
number | tr_torrent_view |
pieceSize |
number | tr_torrent_view |
priorities |
array (see below) | n/a |
primary-mime-type |
string | tr_torrent |
queuePosition |
number | tr_stat |
rateDownload (B/s) |
number | tr_stat |
rateUpload (B/s) |
number | tr_stat |
recheckProgress |
double | tr_stat |
secondsDownloading |
number | tr_stat |
secondsSeeding |
number | tr_stat |
seedIdleLimit |
number | tr_torrent |
seedIdleMode |
number | tr_inactvelimit |
seedRatioLimit |
double | tr_torrent |
seedRatioMode |
number | tr_ratiolimit |
sizeWhenDone |
number | tr_stat |
startDate |
number | tr_stat |
status |
number (see below) | tr_stat |
trackers |
array (see below) | n/a |
' trackerList |
string | string of announce URLs, one per line, with a blank line between tiers |
trackerStats |
array (see below) | n/a |
totalSize |
number | tr_torrent_view |
torrentFile |
string | tr_info |
uploadedEver |
number | tr_stat |
uploadLimit |
number | tr_torrent |
uploadLimited |
boolean | tr_torrent |
uploadRatio |
double | tr_stat |
wanted |
array (see below) | n/a |
webseeds |
array of strings | tr_tracker_view |
webseedsSendingToUs |
number | tr_stat |
files
: array of objects, each containing:
Key | Value Type | transmission.h source |
---|---|---|
bytesCompleted |
number | tr_file_view |
length |
number | tr_file_view |
name |
string | tr_file_view |
fileStats
: a file's non-constant properties. An array of tr_info.filecount
objects, each containing:
Key | Value Type | transmission.h source |
---|---|---|
bytesCompleted |
number | tr_file_view |
wanted |
boolean | tr_file_view |
priority |
number | tr_file_view |
peers
: an array of objects, each containing:
Key | Value Type | transmission.h source |
---|---|---|
address |
string | tr_peer_stat |
clientName |
string | tr_peer_stat |
clientIsChoked |
boolean | tr_peer_stat |
clientIsInterested |
boolean | tr_peer_stat |
flagStr |
string | tr_peer_stat |
isDownloadingFrom |
boolean | tr_peer_stat |
isEncrypted |
boolean | tr_peer_stat |
isIncoming |
boolean | tr_peer_stat |
isUploadingTo |
boolean | tr_peer_stat |
isUTP |
boolean | tr_peer_stat |
peerIsChoked |
boolean | tr_peer_stat |
peerIsInterested |
boolean | tr_peer_stat |
port |
number | tr_peer_stat |
progress |
double | tr_peer_stat |
rateToClient (B/s) |
number | tr_peer_stat |
rateToPeer (B/s) |
number | tr_peer_stat |
peersFrom
: an object containing:
Key | Value Type | transmission.h source |
---|---|---|
fromCache |
number | tr_stat |
fromDht |
number | tr_stat |
fromIncoming |
number | tr_stat |
fromLpd |
number | tr_stat |
fromLtep |
number | tr_stat |
fromPex |
number | tr_stat |
fromTracker |
number | tr_stat |
pieces
: A bitfield holding pieceCount flags which are set to 'true' if we have the piece matching that position. JSON doesn't allow raw binary data, so this is a base64-encoded string. (Source: tr_torrent)
priorities
: An array of tr_torrentFileCount()
numbers. Each is the tr_priority_t
mode for the corresponding file.
status
: A number between 0 and 6, where:
Value | Meaning |
---|---|
0 | Torrent is stopped |
1 | Torrent is queued to verify local data |
2 | Torrent is verifying local data |
3 | Torrent is queued to download |
4 | Torrent is downloading |
5 | Torrent is queued to seed |
6 | Torrent is seeding |
trackers
: array of objects, each containing:
Key | Value Type | transmission.h source |
---|---|---|
announce |
string | tr_tracker_view |
id |
number | tr_tracker_view |
scrape |
string | tr_tracker_view |
sitename |
string | tr_tracker_view |
tier |
number | tr_tracker_view |
trackerStats
: array of objects, each containing:
Key | Value Type | transmission.h source |
---|---|---|
announceState |
number | tr_tracker_view |
announce |
string | tr_tracker_view |
downloadCount |
number | tr_tracker_view |
hasAnnounced |
boolean | tr_tracker_view |
hasScraped |
boolean | tr_tracker_view |
host |
string | tr_tracker_view |
id |
number | tr_tracker_view |
isBackup |
boolean | tr_tracker_view |
lastAnnouncePeerCount |
number | tr_tracker_view |
lastAnnounceResult |
string | tr_tracker_view |
lastAnnounceStartTime |
number | tr_tracker_view |
lastAnnounceSucceeded |
boolean | tr_tracker_view |
lastAnnounceTime |
number | tr_tracker_view |
lastAnnounceTimedOut |
boolean | tr_tracker_view |
lastScrapeResult |
string | tr_tracker_view |
lastScrapeStartTime |
number | tr_tracker_view |
lastScrapeSucceeded |
boolean | tr_tracker_view |
lastScrapeTime |
number | tr_tracker_view |
lastScrapeTimedOut |
boolean | tr_tracker_view |
leecherCount |
number | tr_tracker_view |
nextAnnounceTime |
number | tr_tracker_view |
nextScrapeTime |
number | tr_tracker_view |
scrapeState |
number | tr_tracker_view |
scrape |
string | tr_tracker_view |
seederCount |
number | tr_tracker_view |
sitename |
string | tr_tracker_view |
tier |
number | tr_tracker_view |
wanted
: An array of tr_torrentFileCount()
booleans true if the corresponding file is to be downloaded. (Source: tr_file_view
)
Example:
Say we want to get the name and total size of torrents #7 and #10.
Request:
{
"arguments": {
"fields": [ "id", "name", "totalSize" ],
"ids": [ 7, 10 ]
},
"method": "torrent-get",
"tag": 39693
}
Response:
{
"arguments": {
"torrents": [
{
"id": 10,
"name": "Fedora x86_64 DVD",
"totalSize": 34983493932
},
{
"id": 7,
"name": "Ubuntu x86_64 DVD",
"totalSize": 9923890123
}
]
},
"result": "success",
"tag": 39693
}
3.4 Adding a torrent
Method name: torrent-add
Request arguments:
Key | Value Type | Description |
---|---|---|
cookies |
string | pointer to a string of one or more cookies. |
download-dir |
string | path to download the torrent to |
filename |
string | filename or URL of the .torrent file |
labels |
array | array of string labels |
metainfo |
string | base64-encoded .torrent content |
paused |
boolean | if true, don't start the torrent |
peer-limit |
number | maximum number of peers |
bandwidthPriority |
number | torrent's bandwidth tr_priority_t |
files-wanted |
array | indices of file(s) to download |
files-unwanted |
array | indices of file(s) to not download |
priority-high |
array | indices of high-priority file(s) |
priority-low |
array | indices of low-priority file(s) |
priority-normal |
array | indices of normal-priority file(s) |
Either filename
or metainfo
must be included. All other arguments are optional.
The format of the cookies
should be NAME=CONTENTS
, where NAME
is the cookie name and CONTENTS
is what the cookie should contain. Set multiple cookies like this: name1=content1; name2=content2;
etc. See libcurl documentation for more information.
Response arguments:
-
On success, a
torrent-added
object in the form of one of 3.3's torrent objects with the fields forid
,name
, andhashString
. -
When attempting to add a duplicate torrent, a
torrent-duplicate
object in the same form is returned, but the response'sresult
value is stillsuccess
.
3.5 Removing a torrent
Method name: torrent-remove
Key | Value Type | Description |
---|---|---|
ids |
array | torrent list, as described in 3.1 |
delete-local-data |
boolean | delete local data. (default: false) |
Response arguments: none
3.6 Moving a torrent
Method name: torrent-set-location
Request arguments:
Key | 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 (default: false) |
Response arguments: none
3.7 Renaming a torrent's path
Method name: torrent-rename-path
For more information on the use of this function, see the transmission.h
documentation of tr_torrentRenamePath()
. In particular, note that if this
call succeeds you'll want to update the torrent's files
and name
field
with torrent-get
.
Request arguments:
Key | Value Type | Description |
---|---|---|
ids |
array | the torrent torrent list, as described in 3.1 (must only be 1 torrent) |
path |
string | the path to the file or folder that will be renamed |
name |
string | the file or folder's new name |
Response arguments: path
, name
, and id
, holding the torrent ID integer
4 Session requests
4.1 Session arguments
Key | Value Type | Description |
---|---|---|
alt-speed-down |
number | max global download speed (KBps) |
alt-speed-enabled |
boolean | true means use the alt speeds |
alt-speed-time-begin |
number | when to turn on alt speeds (units: minutes after midnight) |
alt-speed-time-day |
number | what day(s) to turn on alt speeds (look at tr_sched_day) |
alt-speed-time-enabled |
boolean | true means the scheduled on/off times are used |
alt-speed-time-end |
number | when to turn off alt speeds (units: same) |
alt-speed-up |
number | max global upload speed (KBps) |
blocklist-enabled |
boolean | true means enabled |
blocklist-size |
number | number of rules in the blocklist |
blocklist-url |
string | location of the blocklist to use for blocklist-update |
cache-size-mb |
number | maximum size of the disk cache (MB) |
config-dir |
string | location of transmission's configuration directory |
default-trackers |
list of default trackers to use on public torrents | |
dht-enabled |
boolean | true means allow dht in public torrents |
download-dir |
string | default path to download torrents |
download-dir-free-space |
number | DEPRECATED Use the free-space method instead. |
download-queue-enabled |
boolean | if true, limit how many torrents can be downloaded at once |
download-queue-size |
number | max number of torrents to download at once (see download-queue-enabled) |
encryption |
string | required , preferred , tolerated |
idle-seeding-limit-enabled |
boolean | true if the seeding inactivity limit is honored by default |
idle-seeding-limit |
number | torrents we're seeding will be stopped if they're idle for this long |
incomplete-dir-enabled |
boolean | true means keep torrents in incomplete-dir until done |
incomplete-dir |
string | path for incomplete torrents, when enabled |
lpd-enabled |
boolean | true means allow Local Peer Discovery in public torrents |
peer-limit-global |
number | maximum global number of peers |
peer-limit-per-torrent |
number | maximum global number of peers |
peer-port-random-on-start |
boolean | true means pick a random peer port on launch |
peer-port |
number | port number |
pex-enabled |
boolean | true means allow pex in public torrents |
port-forwarding-enabled |
boolean | true means ask upstream router to forward the configured peer port to transmission using UPnP or NAT-PMP |
queue-stalled-enabled |
boolean | whether or not to consider idle torrents as stalled |
queue-stalled-minutes |
number | torrents that are idle for N minuets aren't counted toward seed-queue-size or download-queue-size |
rename-partial-files |
boolean | true means append .part to incomplete files |
rpc-version-minimum |
number | the minimum RPC API version supported |
rpc-version-semver |
string | the current RPC API version in a semver-compatible string |
rpc-version |
number | the current RPC API version |
script-torrent-added-enabled |
boolean | whether or not to call the added script |
script-torrent-added-filename |
string | filename of the script to run |
script-torrent-done-enabled |
boolean | whether or not to call the done script |
script-torrent-done-filename |
string | filename of the script to run |
script-torrent-done-seeding-enabled |
boolean | whether or not to call the seeding-done script |
script-torrent-done-seeding-filename |
string | filename of the script to run |
seed-queue-enabled |
boolean | if true, limit how many torrents can be uploaded at once |
seed-queue-size |
number | max number of torrents to uploaded at once (see seed-queue-enabled) |
seedRatioLimit |
double | the default seed ratio for torrents to use |
seedRatioLimited |
boolean | true if seedRatioLimit is honored by default |
speed-limit-down-enabled |
boolean | true means enabled |
speed-limit-down |
number | max global download speed (KBps) |
speed-limit-up-enabled |
boolean | true means enabled |
speed-limit-up |
number | max global upload speed (KBps) |
start-added-torrents |
boolean | true means added torrents will be started right away |
trash-original-torrent-files |
boolean | true means the .torrent file of added torrents will be deleted |
units |
object | see below |
utp-enabled |
boolean | true means allow utp |
version |
string | long version string $version ($revision) |
units
: an object containing:
Key | Value Type | transmission.h source |
---|---|---|
speed-units |
array | 4 strings: KB/s, MB/s, GB/s, TB/s |
speed-bytes |
number | number of bytes in a KB (1000 for kB; 1024 for KiB) |
size-units |
array | 4 strings: KB/s, MB/s, GB/s, TB/s |
size-bytes |
number | number of bytes in a KB (1000 for kB; 1024 for KiB) |
memory-units |
array | 4 strings: KB/s, MB/s, GB/s, TB/s |
memory-bytes |
number | number of bytes in a KB (1000 for kB; 1024 for KiB) |
rpc-version
indicates the RPC interface version supported by the RPC server.
It is incremented when a new version of Transmission changes the RPC interface.
rpc-version-minimum
indicates the oldest API supported by the RPC server.
It is changes when a new version of Transmission changes the RPC interface
in a way that is not backwards compatible. There are no plans for this
to be common behavior.
4.1.1 Mutators
Method name: session-set
Request arguments: the mutable properties from 4.1's arguments, i.e. all of them except:
blocklist-size
config-dir
rpc-version-minimum
,rpc-version-semver
rpc-version
session-id
version
Response arguments: none
4.1.2 Accessors
Method name: session-get
Request arguments: an optional fields
array of keys (see 4.1)
Response arguments: key/value pairs matching the request's fields
argument if present, or all supported fields (see 4.1) otherwise.
4.2 Session statistics
Method name: session-stats
Request arguments: none
Response arguments:
Key | Value Type | Description |
---|---|---|
activeTorrentCount |
number | |
downloadSpeed |
number | |
pausedTorrentCount |
number | |
torrentCount |
number | |
uploadSpeed |
number | |
cumulative-stats |
stats object (see below) | |
current-stats |
stats object (see below) |
A stats object contains:
Key | Value Type | transmission.h source |
---|---|---|
uploadedBytes | number | tr_session_stats |
downloadedBytes | number | tr_session_stats |
filesAdded | number | tr_session_stats |
sessionCount | number | tr_session_stats |
secondsActive | number | tr_session_stats |
4.3 Blocklist
Method name: blocklist-update
Request arguments: none
Response arguments: a number blocklist-size
4.4 Port checking
This method tests to see if your incoming peer port is accessible from the outside world.
Method name: port-test
Request arguments: none
Response arguments: a bool, port-is-open
4.5 Session shutdown
This method tells the transmission session to shut down.
Method name: session-close
Request arguments: none
Response arguments: none
4.6 Queue movement requests
Method name | transmission.h source |
---|---|
queue-move-top |
tr_torrentQueueMoveTop() |
queue-move-up |
tr_torrentQueueMoveUp() |
queue-move-down |
tr_torrentQueueMoveDown() |
queue-move-bottom |
tr_torrentQueueMoveBottom() |
Request arguments:
Key | Value Type | Description |
---|---|---|
ids |
array | torrent list, as described in 3.1. |
Response arguments: none
4.7 Free space
This method tests how much free space is available in a client-specified folder.
Method name: free-space
Request arguments:
Key | Value type | Description |
---|---|---|
path |
string | the directory to query |
Response arguments:
Key | Value type | Description |
---|---|---|
path |
string | same as the Request argument |
size-bytes |
number | the size, in bytes, of the free space in that directory |
total_size |
number | the total capacity, in bytes, of that directory |
4.8 Bandwidth groups
4.8.1 Bandwidth group mutator: group-set
Method name: group-set
Request parameters:
Key | Value type | Description |
---|---|---|
honorsSessionLimits |
boolean | true if session upload limits are honored |
name |
string | Bandwidth group name |
speed-limit-down-enabled |
boolean | true means enabled |
speed-limit-down |
number | max global download speed (KBps) |
speed-limit-up-enabled |
boolean | true means enabled |
speed-limit-up |
number | max global upload speed (KBps) |
Response arguments: none
4.8.2 Bandwidth group accessor: group-get
Method name: group-get
Request arguments: An optional argument group
.
group
is either a string naming the bandwidth group,
or a list of such strings.
If group
is omitted, all bandwidth groups are used.
Response arguments:
Key | Value type | Description |
---|---|---|
group |
array | A list of bandwidth group description objects |
A bandwidth group description object has:
Key | Value type | Description |
---|---|---|
honorsSessionLimits |
boolean | true if session upload limits are honored |
name |
string | Bandwidth group name |
speed-limit-down-enabled |
boolean | true means enabled |
speed-limit-down |
number | max global download speed (KBps) |
speed-limit-up-enabled |
boolean | true means enabled |
speed-limit-up |
number | max global upload speed (KBps) |
5 Protocol versions
This section lists the changes that have been made to the RPC protocol.
There are two ways to check for API compatibility. Since most developers know
semver, session-get's rpc-version-semver
is the recommended way. That value
is a semver-compatible string of the RPC protocol version number.
Since Transmission predates the semver 1.0 spec, the previous scheme was for
the RPC version to be a whole number and to increment it whenever a change was
made. That is session-get's rpc-version
. rpc-version-minimum
lists the
oldest version that is compatible with the current version; i.e. an app coded
to use rpc-version-minimum
would still work on a Transmission release running
rpc-version
.
Breaking changes are denoted with a 💣 emoji.
Transmission 1.30 (rpc-version-semver
1.0.0, rpc-version
: 1)
Initial revision.
Transmission 1.40 (rpc-version-semver
1.1.0, rpc-version
: 2)
Method | Description |
---|---|
torrent-get |
new port to peers |
Transmission 1.41 (rpc-version-semver
1.2.0, rpc-version
: 3)
Method | Description |
---|---|
session-get |
new arg version |
torrent-get |
new arg downloaders |
torrent-remove |
new method |
Transmission 1.50 (rpc-version-semver
1.3.0, rpc-version
: 4)
Method | Description |
---|---|
session-get |
new arg rpc-version-minimum |
session-get |
new arg rpc-version |
session-stats |
added cumulative-stats |
session-stats |
added current-stats |
torrent-get |
new arg downloadDir |
Transmission 1.60 (rpc-version-semver
2.0.0, rpc-version
: 5)
Method | Description |
---|---|
session-get |
💣 renamed peer-limit to peer-limit-global |
session-get |
💣 renamed pex-allowed to pex-enabled |
session-get |
💣 renamed port to peer-port |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg downloadLimitMode |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg uploadLimitMode |
torrent-set |
💣 renamed speed-limit-down-enabled to downloadLimited |
torrent-set |
💣 renamed speed-limit-down to downloadLimit |
torrent-set |
💣 renamed speed-limit-up-enabled to uploadLimited |
torrent-set |
💣 renamed speed-limit-up to uploadLimit |
blocklist-update |
new method |
port-test |
new method |
session-get |
new arg alt-speed-begin |
session-get |
new arg alt-speed-down |
session-get |
new arg alt-speed-enabled |
session-get |
new arg alt-speed-end |
session-get |
new arg alt-speed-time-enabled |
session-get |
new arg alt-speed-up |
session-get |
new arg blocklist-enabled |
session-get |
new arg blocklist-size |
session-get |
new arg peer-limit-per-torrent |
session-get |
new arg seedRatioLimit |
session-get |
new arg seedRatioLimited |
torrent-add |
new arg files-unwanted |
torrent-add |
new arg files-wanted |
torrent-add |
new arg priority-high |
torrent-add |
new arg priority-low |
torrent-add |
new arg priority-normal |
torrent-get |
new arg bandwidthPriority |
torrent-get |
new arg fileStats |
torrent-get |
new arg honorsSessionLimits |
torrent-get |
new arg percentDone |
torrent-get |
new arg pieces |
torrent-get |
new arg seedRatioLimit |
torrent-get |
new arg seedRatioMode |
torrent-get |
new arg torrentFile |
torrent-get |
new ids option recently-active |
torrent-reannounce |
new method |
torrent-set |
new arg bandwidthPriority |
torrent-set |
new arg honorsSessionLimits |
torrent-set |
new arg seedRatioLimit |
torrent-set |
new arg seedRatioLimited |
Transmission 1.70 (rpc-version-semver
2.1.0, rpc-version
: 6)
Method | Description |
---|---|
method torrent-set-location |
new method |
Transmission 1.80 (rpc-version-semver
3.0.0, rpc-version
: 7)
Method | Description |
---|---|
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg announceResponse (use trackerStats instead ) |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg announceURL (use trackerStats instead ) |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg downloaders (use trackerStats instead ) |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg lastAnnounceTime (use trackerStats instead ) |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg lastScrapeTime (use trackerStats instead ) |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg leechers (use trackerStats instead ) |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg nextAnnounceTime (use trackerStats instead ) |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg nextScrapeTime (use trackerStats instead ) |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg scrapeResponse (use trackerStats instead ) |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg scrapeURL (use trackerStats instead ) |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg seeders (use trackerStats instead ) |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg swarmSpeed |
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg timesCompleted (use trackerStats instead ) |
session-set |
new arg incomplete-dir-enabled |
session-set |
new arg incomplete-dir |
torrent-get |
new arg magnetLink |
torrent-get |
new arg metadataPercentComplete |
torrent-get |
new arg trackerStats |
Transmission 1.90 (rpc-version-semver
3.1.0, rpc-version
: 8)
Method | Description |
---|---|
session-set |
new arg rename-partial-files |
session-get |
new arg rename-partial-files |
session-get |
new arg config-dir |
torrent-add |
new arg bandwidthPriority |
torrent-get |
new trackerStats arg lastAnnounceTimedOut |
Transmission 1.92 (rpc-version-semver
3.2.0, rpc-version
: 8)
Note: rpc-version
was not bumped in this release due to an oversight.
Method | Description |
---|---|
torrent-get |
new trackerStats arg lastScrapeTimedOut |
Transmission 2.00 (rpc-version-semver
3.3.0, rpc-version
: 9)
Method | Description |
---|---|
session-set |
new arg start-added-torrents |
session-set |
new arg trash-original-torrent-files |
session-get |
new arg start-added-torrents |
session-get |
new arg trash-original-torrent-files |
torrent-get |
new arg isFinished |
Transmission 2.10 (rpc-version-semver
3.4.0, rpc-version
: 10)
Method | Description |
---|---|
session-get |
new arg cache-size-mb |
session-get |
new arg units |
session-set |
new arg idle-seeding-limit-enabled |
session-set |
new arg idle-seeding-limit |
torrent-set |
new arg seedIdleLimit |
torrent-set |
new arg seedIdleMode |
torrent-set |
new arg trackerAdd |
torrent-set |
new arg trackerRemove |
torrent-set |
new arg trackerReplace |
Transmission 2.12 (rpc-version-semver
3.5.0, rpc-version
: 11)
Method | Description |
---|---|
session-get |
new arg blocklist-url |
session-set |
new arg blocklist-url |
Transmission 2.20 (rpc-version-semver
3.6.0, rpc-version
: 12)
Method | Description |
---|---|
session-get |
new arg download-dir-free-space |
session-close |
new method |
Transmission 2.30 (rpc-version-semver
4.0.0, rpc-version
: 13)
Method | Description |
---|---|
torrent-get |
💣 removed arg peersKnown |
session-get |
new arg isUTP to the peers list |
torrent-add |
new arg cookies |
Transmission 2.40 (rpc-version-semver
5.0.0, rpc-version
: 14)
Method | Description |
---|---|
torrent-get |
💣 values of status field changed |
queue-move-bottom |
new method |
queue-move-down |
new method |
queue-move-top |
new method |
session-set |
new arg download-queue-enabled |
session-set |
new arg download-queue-size |
session-set |
new arg queue-stalled-enabled |
session-set |
new arg queue-stalled-minutes |
session-set |
new arg seed-queue-enabled |
session-set |
new arg seed-queue-size |
torrent-get |
new arg fromLpd in peersFrom |
torrent-get |
new arg isStalled |
torrent-get |
new arg queuePosition |
torrent-set |
new arg queuePosition |
torrent-start-now |
new method |
Transmission 2.80 (rpc-version-semver
5.1.0, rpc-version
: 15)
Method | Description |
---|---|
torrent-get |
new arg etaIdle |
torrent-rename-path |
new method |
free-space |
new method |
torrent-add |
new return arg torrent-duplicate |
Transmission 3.00 (rpc-version-semver
5.2.0, rpc-version
: 16)
Method | Description |
---|---|
session-get |
new request arg fields |
session-get |
new arg session-id |
torrent-get |
new arg labels |
torrent-set |
new arg labels |
torrent-get |
new arg editDate |
torrent-get |
new request arg format |
Transmission 4.0.0 (rpc-version-semver
5.3.0, rpc-version
: 17)
Method | Description |
---|---|
/upload |
⚠️ undocumented /upload endpoint removed |
session-get |
DEPRECATED download-dir-free-space . Use free-space instead. |
free-space |
new return arg total-capacity |
session-get |
new arg default-trackers |
session-get |
new arg rpc-version-semver |
session-get |
new arg script-torrent-added-enabled |
session-get |
new arg script-torrent-added-filename |
session-get |
new arg script-torrent-done-seeding-enabled |
session-get |
new arg script-torrent-done-seeding-filename |
torrent-add |
new arg labels |
torrent-get |
new arg file-count |
torrent-get |
new arg group |
torrent-get |
new arg percentComplete |
torrent-get |
new arg primary-mime-type |
torrent-get |
new arg tracker.sitename |
torrent-get |
new arg trackerStats.sitename |
torrent-get |
new arg trackerList |
torrent-set |
new arg group |
torrent-set |
new arg trackerList |
torrent-set |
DEPRECATED trackerAdd . Use trackerList instead. |
torrent-set |
DEPRECATED trackerRemove . Use trackerList instead. |
torrent-set |
DEPRECATED trackerReplace . Use trackerList instead. |
group-set |
new method |
group-get |
new method |