torrent applescript folder action
I made an OS X folder action to move .torrent file downloads to a directory watched by my torrent client. It’s pretty clumsy.
on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving added_items
set DroboTorrents to "storage:New Media"
repeat with addedFile in added_items
tell application "Finder"
if (the name extension of the addedFile is "torrent") then
try
tell application "Finder"
move addedFile to DroboTorrents with replacing
delete addedFile
end tell
on error
display dialog "Unable to move " & (name of i) with icon caution with title "Welp,"
end try
end if
end tell
end repeat
end adding folder items to
14 years later I’m still pretty much doing the same thing, having moved from that old Drobo and Transmission to a qbittorent docker deploy on TrueNAS Scale.
Updated for 2024
on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving added_items
repeat with addedFile in added_items
tell application "Finder"
if (the name of the addedFile ends with "torrent") then
set qbt to "/opt/homebrew/bin/qbt torrent add '" & POSIX path of addedFile & "' 2>&1 | grep 'successfully added torrent'"
set fileName to name of (info for addedFile)
try
set response to do shell script qbt
set hash to word 4 of response
try
tell application "Finder"
delete addedFile
end tell
on error errMsg
display notification "ERROR deleting " & addedFile & errMsg
end try
on error errMsg
display notification "ERROR adding torrent: " & qbt & "error: " & errMsg
end try
try
set qbt to "/opt/homebrew/bin/qbt torrent list --hashes '" & hash & "' 2>&1 | grep Size"
set response to do shell script qbt
on error errMsg
display notification "ERROR: listing torrents by hash: " & hash & " Command: " & qbt & "error: " & errMsg
end try
display notification response with title "Torrent Downloading" subtitle fileName
end if
end tell
end repeat
end adding folder items to