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Install Python command line client
pipx install internetarchive
Use Python client to download torrent files from given collection
Ensure “Automatically add torrents from” > Monitored Folder is set to /mnt/torrent_files and the Override save path is Default save path.
Get itemlist from collection
ia search --itemlist "collection:bbsmagazine" | tee bbsmagazine.txt
Download torrent files from each item using parallel
cat bbsmagazine.txt | parallel 'ia download --format "Archive BitTorrent" --destdir=/mnt/torrent_files {}'
Move .torrent files from their directories to /mnt/torrent_files
find /mnt/torrent_files -type f -name "*.torrent" -exec mv {} /mnt/torrent_files \;
Note: .torrent files will be removed from
/mnt/torrent_filesby qBittorrent once they are added to the instance.
Remove empty directories
find /mnt/torrent_files -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -delete