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#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
# a simple script about making an Transmission RPC request with python3

#!/usr/bin/python3
import http.client
import json

HOST = 'localhost'                      # The remote host
PATH = "/transmission/rpc/"             # The path
PORT = 9091                             # The same port as used by the server
URL = "http://%s:%s%s"%(HOST,PORT,PATH) # combined full url
TIMEOUT = 30

# retrieving session id
conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(HOST, PORT)
conn.request("GET", PATH)
response = conn.getresponse()
response_data = response.read()
response.close()
conn.close()
session_id = str(response_data).split("X-Transmission-Session-Id: ")[-1].split("</code></p>'")[0]
headers = {'x-transmission-session-id': str(session_id)}

# retrieving torrent list
fields = ['name', 'id']
query = json.dumps({'method': 'torrent-get', 'arguments': {'fields': fields}}).encode('utf-8')

conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(HOST, PORT)
conn.request("POST", PATH, query, headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
response_raw = response.read()
response.close()
conn.close()
response = json.loads(response_raw.decode("utf-8"))
print(json.dumps(response, indent=4))