Python script to automatically download anime torrents.
Fetches new anime torrents automatically and notifies the user
I wanted a system that would automatically download the anime I cannot watch through (legal) streaming services and send a push to my cellphone when a new episode is available. I made it somewhat extensible.
It fetches the list of torrents from NyaaTorrents and adds torrent to transmission as new episodes are available. When the torrent is complete, it send a notification through PushBullet’s API to my cell phone.
It scrapes the web page with Beautiful Soup 4. It uses transmission-rpc to communicate with a transmission daemon. It uses a SQLite database to store information about torrents. It’s configurable through a YAML configuration file. It uses the JSON library to post requests to PushBullet’s API.
Configuration looks like this:
pushservice: 'pushbullet' or 'pushjet'pushbullet:device:token:pushjet:secret:series:- subber: 'HorribleSubs'name: 'Urara Meirochou'quality: '720p'
pushbullet.device and pushbullet.token are respectively the device identifier and Authorization Token used for the PushBullet API. pushjet.secret is the service secret for pushjet. series is a list, so you can put as many series as you want to download.
You need to create a SQLite database file called anime.db beforehand. Use this query to create the episodes table:
CREATE TABLE episodes(show text, number int, torhash text, complete int);
There are many things I should do to make this system truly extensible (and not just an hackish scrapper coded overnight)