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Rahul Virpara
Asked: 2012-05-20 21:34:17 +0800 CST

How to start/stop downloads in Azureus (Vuze) via terminal?

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I need to stop/start download through shell script in Azureus(Vuze). I know there is CLI and I can invoke it as

java -jar Azureus2-XXX.jar --ui=console

The ? will show a list of commands I can use. To get a list of torrents,

show torrents

etc. But it is CLI. I need shell script to do that so How I can use it to stop/start downloads through shell script?

Is there any way to do that?

command-line bittorrent 11.04

4 Answers

  1. This solution works flawlessly

    OK. So building up on my previous answer, here is a solution that works right out of the box without any hassle.

    First, install this plugin in Vuze: Azureus HTML WebUI

    Now, go to your browser and open http://localhost:6886/. This is a web UI for controlling your Vuze. Here, you can see that to pause/resume downloads, you have a link with such URL:

    http://localhost:6886/index.tmpl?act=pause

    Now, you can simply "click" this url using CURL by making a GET request. Hence, fire up these commands in the terminal for pausing and resuming: 

    curl --request GET 'http://localhost:6886/index.tmpl?act=pause'   # For pausing
curl --request GET 'http://localhost:6886/index.tmpl?act=resume'  # For resuming
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  2. Best Answer

    So far I found Flush which has command-line options which does my job but it has very less functionality compared to others.

    I use Flush to start or stop torrent downloads of running instance through terminal.

    I can use these options with flush.

      --start={all,downloads,uploads}     Start torrents  
  --stop={all,downloads,uploads}      Stop torrents

    note: I didn't find anyway to do this in Vuze.

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  3. It can be done in Vuze using a workaround. I haven't tried the solution but it should work.

    First, go here: http://plugins.vuze.com/plugin_list.php and look in the "Remote Access" section of Vuze plugins. There are a few plugins here which can help:

    1. "Vuze Web Remote" should be good for our case. This plugin helps you control Vuze using web-based UI. Now, it also provides access to RPC methods (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:9091/vuze/rpc?json=%7B%22method%22%3A%22torrent-start-all%22%7D). So, you can just ping this link using some Python script and it should work. You should be able to toggle your Vuze now.
    2. "Python Library" provides API to control Vuze. You can use this API directly and write a Python script to control Vuze.
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  4. I've never used vuze with Ubuntu, but in Windows you highlight the torrent and click stop/start.

    Like I said I have only used it with windows.

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