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+# RPC Protocol Specification
+This document explains how to remotely, or locally, connect to a Transmission session programatically using the rpc protocol.
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+***
+If you're looking to control a Transmission session non-programatically, you can either use the transmission-remote cli, or the [[Web Interface|Web Interface]].
+
+***
+
+## Current
+The current and in progress Specification can be found here: [[/extras/rpc-spec.txt|https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/master/extras/rpc-spec.txt]].
+
+## Previous
+ * [[Version 1.7x|https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/1.70/doc/rpc-spec.txt]]
+ * [[Version 1.6x|https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/1.60/doc/rpc-spec.txt]]
+ * [[Version 1.5x|https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/1.50/doc/rpc-spec.txt]]
+ * [[Version 1.5x|https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/1.40/doc/rpc-spec.txt]]
+ * [[Version 1.3x|https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/1.30/doc/rpc-spec.txt]]
+
+## Deprecated
+Versions before 1.30 used to connect to a Transmission session by writing directly into a socket file. Many not-so-up to date articles on setting up Transmission with a Web Interface (Clutch) may still refer to this technique.
+ * [[Version 1.2x|https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/1.2x/doc/ipcproto.txt]]
+ * [[Version 1.1x|https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/1.1x/doc/ipcproto.txt]]
+ * [[Version 1.0x|https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/1.0x/doc/ipcproto.txt]]
+ * [[Version 0.9x|https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/0.9x/doc/ipcproto.txt]]
+ * [[Version 0.8x|https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/0.8x/doc/ipcproto.txt]]