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id: transmission-rpc
version: "7.0.12"
license: unclear
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# transmission-rpc — Python module that implements the Transmission bittorent client JSON-RPC protocol

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 151.2K/mo

## What it is and what it does

transmission-rpc is a Python client library that wraps the Transmission BitTorrent daemon's JSON-RPC interface, allowing you to control a remote or local Transmission instance programmatically. It abstracts the low-level RPC protocol details behind a Python API, letting you query torrent status, add or remove torrents, adjust settings, and monitor the daemon without direct socket communication.

The library supports Transmission versions from 2.40 (released 2011-10-05) through 4.0.6 (released 2024-05-29) and is actively maintained. It depends only on requests and typing-extensions, making it lightweight to integrate into automation scripts, monitoring tools, or applications that need to manage torrents. Development requires Python ~=3.8, with explicit support for Python 3.8 through 3.12 and PyPy.

Use it for:

- Automate torrent management in scripts or applications that need to add, remove, or monitor torrents on a Transmission daemon.
- Build monitoring dashboards or alerting systems that track Transmission daemon status and torrent progress.
- Integrate torrent control into larger download or media management pipelines that orchestrate multiple services.
- Create custom torrent clients or wrappers that extend Transmission's functionality with application-specific logic.
- Test Transmission daemon behavior or RPC protocol compliance in CI/CD pipelines.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Python wrapper around the Transmission BitTorrent client JSON-RPC protocol, enabling programmatic control of Transmission daemon instances.

Yes. The package is actively maintained with a release 5 days ago, has low install friction, carries no known vulnerabilities, uses a permissive MIT license, and solves a clear problem for anyone needing programmatic control of Transmission. Install it if you need to automate or integrate Transmission into a Python application.

## Install

pip install transmission-rpc
uv add transmission-rpc
poetry add transmission-rpc

## Installing transmission-rpc

Before you install: Low install friction with only 2 runtime dependencies (requests and typing-extensions). Actively maintained with a release 5 days ago; repository shows recent activity and is not archived.

License in practice: MIT license permits free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for both open-source and commercial projects.

Quickstart:

pip install transmission-rpc

import transmission_rpc

client = transmission_rpc.Client(host='localhost')
torrents = client.get_torrents()

Requires a running Transmission daemon accessible at the specified host; connection credentials may be needed depending on daemon configuration.

Verify before relying:

- Whether all Transmission RPC features from versions 2.40 through 4.0.6 are fully implemented or if some newer features may be missing.
- Specific performance characteristics when managing large torrent lists or frequent polling operations.
- Default port and authentication requirements for typical Transmission daemon setups.

## Package facts

- License: not declared (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 151.2K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

transmission rpc client, transmission daemon control, bittorent client api, transmission json rpc, transmission python wrapper, remote transmission control, transmission automation, torrent-management, rpc-client, daemon-control

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