aria2c

$ aria2c --header="X-A: b78" --header="X-B: 9J1" "http://host/file"

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.addUri',
...                       'params':[['http://example.org/file']]})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> c.read()
'{"id":"qwer","jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"2089b05ecca3d829"}'

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> s.aria2.addUri(['http://example.org/file'])
'2089b05ecca3d829'

>>> s.aria2.addUri(['http://example.org/file', 'http://mirror/file'],
                    dict(dir="/tmp"))
'd2703803b52216d1'

>>> s.aria2.addUri(['http://example.org/file'], {}, 0)
'ca3d829cee549a4d'

>>> import urllib2, json, base64
>>> torrent = base64.b64encode(open('file.torrent').read())
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'asdf',
...                       'method':'aria2.addTorrent', 'params':[torrent]})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> c.read()
'{"id":"asdf","jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"2089b05ecca3d829"}'

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> s.aria2.addTorrent(xmlrpclib.Binary(open('file.torrent', mode='rb').read()))
'2089b05ecca3d829'

>>> import urllib2, json, base64
>>> metalink = base64.b64encode(open('file.meta4').read())
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.addMetalink',
...                       'params':[metalink]})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> c.read()
'{"id":"qwer","jsonrpc":"2.0","result":["2089b05ecca3d829"]}'

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> s.aria2.addMetalink(xmlrpclib.Binary(open('file.meta4', mode='rb').read()))
['2089b05ecca3d829']

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.remove',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829']})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> c.read()
'{"id":"qwer","jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"2089b05ecca3d829"}'

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> s.aria2.remove('2089b05ecca3d829')
'2089b05ecca3d829'

announceList

List of lists of announce URIs. If the torrent contains announce and no announce-list, announce is converted to the announce-list format.

comment

The comment of the torrent. comment.utf-8 is used if available.

creationDate

The creation time of the torrent. The value is an integer since the epoch, measured in seconds.

mode

File mode of the torrent. The value is either single or multi.

info

Struct which contains data from Info dictionary. It contains following keys.

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.tellStatus',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829']})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': {u'bitfield': u'0000000000',
             u'completedLength': u'901120',
             u'connections': u'1',
             u'dir': u'/downloads',
             u'downloadSpeed': u'15158',
             u'files': [{u'index': u'1',
                         u'length': u'34896138',
                         u'completedLength': u'34896138',
                         u'path': u'/downloads/file',
                         u'selected': u'true',
                         u'uris': [{u'status': u'used',
                                    u'uri': u'http://example.org/file'}]}],
             u'gid': u'2089b05ecca3d829',
             u'numPieces': u'34',
             u'pieceLength': u'1048576',
             u'status': u'active',
             u'totalLength': u'34896138',
             u'uploadLength': u'0',
             u'uploadSpeed': u'0'}}

>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.tellStatus',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829',
...                                 ['gid',
...                                  'totalLength',
...                                  'completedLength']]})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': {u'completedLength': u'5701632',
             u'gid': u'2089b05ecca3d829',
             u'totalLength': u'34896138'}}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> r = s.aria2.tellStatus('2089b05ecca3d829')
>>> pprint(r)
{'bitfield': 'ffff80',
 'completedLength': '34896138',
 'connections': '0',
 'dir': '/downloads',
 'downloadSpeed': '0',
 'errorCode': '0',
 'files': [{'index': '1',
            'length': '34896138',
            'completedLength': '34896138',
            'path': '/downloads/file',
            'selected': 'true',
            'uris': [{'status': 'used',
                      'uri': 'http://example.org/file'}]}],
 'gid': '2089b05ecca3d829',
 'numPieces': '17',
 'pieceLength': '2097152',
 'status': 'complete',
 'totalLength': '34896138',
 'uploadLength': '0',
 'uploadSpeed': '0'}

>>> r = s.aria2.tellStatus('2089b05ecca3d829', ['gid', 'totalLength', 'completedLength'])
>>> pprint(r)
{'completedLength': '34896138', 'gid': '2089b05ecca3d829', 'totalLength': '34896138'}

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.getUris',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829']})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': [{u'status': u'used',
              u'uri': u'http://example.org/file'}]}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> r = s.aria2.getUris('2089b05ecca3d829')
>>> pprint(r)
[{'status': 'used', 'uri': 'http://example.org/file'}]

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.getFiles',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829']})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': [{u'index': u'1',
              u'length': u'34896138',
              u'completedLength': u'34896138',
              u'path': u'/downloads/file',
              u'selected': u'true',
              u'uris': [{u'status': u'used',
                         u'uri': u'http://example.org/file'}]}]}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> r = s.aria2.getFiles('2089b05ecca3d829')
>>> pprint(r)
[{'index': '1',
  'length': '34896138',
  'completedLength': '34896138',
  'path': '/downloads/file',
  'selected': 'true',
  'uris': [{'status': 'used',
            'uri': 'http://example.org/file'}]}]

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.getPeers',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829']})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': [{u'amChoking': u'true',
              u'bitfield': u'ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff',
              u'downloadSpeed': u'10602',
              u'ip': u'10.0.0.9',
              u'peerChoking': u'false',
              u'peerId': u'aria2%2F1%2E10%2E5%2D%87%2A%EDz%2F%F7%E6',
              u'port': u'6881',
              u'seeder': u'true',
              u'uploadSpeed': u'0'},
             {u'amChoking': u'false',
              u'bitfield': u'ffffeff0fffffffbfffffff9fffffcfff7f4ffff',
              u'downloadSpeed': u'8654',
              u'ip': u'10.0.0.30',
              u'peerChoking': u'false',
              u'peerId': u'bittorrent client758',
              u'port': u'37842',
              u'seeder': u'false',
              u'uploadSpeed': u'6890'}]}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> r = s.aria2.getPeers('2089b05ecca3d829')
>>> pprint(r)
[{'amChoking': 'true',
  'bitfield': 'ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff',
  'downloadSpeed': '10602',
  'ip': '10.0.0.9',
  'peerChoking': 'false',
  'peerId': 'aria2%2F1%2E10%2E5%2D%87%2A%EDz%2F%F7%E6',
  'port': '6881',
  'seeder': 'true',
  'uploadSpeed': '0'},
 {'amChoking': 'false',
  'bitfield': 'ffffeff0fffffffbfffffff9fffffcfff7f4ffff',
  'downloadSpeed': '8654',
  'ip': '10.0.0.30',
  'peerChoking': 'false',
  'peerId': 'bittorrent client758',
  'port': '37842',
  'seeder': 'false,
  'uploadSpeed': '6890'}]

uri

Original URI.

currentUri

This is the URI currently used for downloading. If redirection is involved, currentUri and uri may differ.

downloadSpeed

Download speed (byte/sec)

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.getServers',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829']})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': [{u'index': u'1',
              u'servers': [{u'currentUri': u'http://example.org/file',
                            u'downloadSpeed': u'10467',
                            u'uri': u'http://example.org/file'}]}]}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> r = s.aria2.getServers('2089b05ecca3d829')
>>> pprint(r)
[{'index': '1',
  'servers': [{'currentUri': 'http://example.org/dl/file',
               'downloadSpeed': '20285',
               'uri': 'http://example.org/file'}]}]

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.changePosition',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829', 0, 'POS_SET']})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer', u'jsonrpc': u'2.0', u'result': 0}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> s.aria2.changePosition('2089b05ecca3d829', 0, 'POS_SET')
0

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.changeUri',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829', 1, [],
                                    ['http://example.org/file']]})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer', u'jsonrpc': u'2.0', u'result': [0, 1]}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> s.aria2.changeUri('2089b05ecca3d829', 1, [],
                      ['http://example.org/file'])
[0, 1]

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.getOption',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829']})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': {u'allow-overwrite': u'false',
             u'allow-piece-length-change': u'false',
             u'always-resume': u'true',
             u'async-dns': u'true',
 ...

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> r = s.aria2.getOption('2089b05ecca3d829')
>>> pprint(r)
{'allow-overwrite': 'false',
 'allow-piece-length-change': 'false',
 'always-resume': 'true',
 'async-dns': 'true',
 ....

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.changeOption',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829',
...                                 {'max-download-limit':'10K'}]})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer', u'jsonrpc': u'2.0', u'result': u'OK'}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> s.aria2.changeOption('2089b05ecca3d829', {'max-download-limit':'20K'})
'OK'

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.getGlobalStat'})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': {u'downloadSpeed': u'21846',
             u'numActive': u'2',
             u'numStopped': u'0',
             u'numWaiting': u'0',
             u'uploadSpeed': u'0'}}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> r = s.aria2.getGlobalStat()
>>> pprint(r)
{'downloadSpeed': '23136',
 'numActive': '2',
 'numStopped': '0',
 'numWaiting': '0',
 'uploadSpeed': '0'}

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.removeDownloadResult',
...                       'params':['2089b05ecca3d829']})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer', u'jsonrpc': u'2.0', u'result': u'OK'}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> s.aria2.removeDownloadResult('2089b05ecca3d829')
'OK'

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.getVersion'})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': {u'enabledFeatures': [u'Async DNS',
                                  u'BitTorrent',
                                  u'Firefox3 Cookie',
                                  u'GZip',
                                  u'HTTPS',
                                  u'Message Digest',
                                  u'Metalink',
                                  u'XML-RPC'],
             u'version': u'1.11.0'}}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> r = s.aria2.getVersion()
>>> pprint(r)
{'enabledFeatures': ['Async DNS',
                     'BitTorrent',
                     'Firefox3 Cookie',
                     'GZip',
                     'HTTPS',
                     'Message Digest',
                     'Metalink',
                     'XML-RPC'],
 'version': '1.11.0'}

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'aria2.getSessionInfo'})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': {u'sessionId': u'cd6a3bc6a1de28eb5bfa181e5f6b916d44af31a9'}}

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> s.aria2.getSessionInfo()
{'sessionId': 'cd6a3bc6a1de28eb5bfa181e5f6b916d44af31a9'}

>>> import urllib2, json, base64
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'system.multicall',
...                       'params':[[{'methodName':'aria2.addUri',
...                                   'params':[['http://example.org']]},
...                                  {'methodName':'aria2.addTorrent',
...                                   'params':[base64.b64encode(open('file.torrent').read())]}]]})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer', u'jsonrpc': u'2.0', u'result': [[u'2089b05ecca3d829'], [u'd2703803b52216d1']]}

>>> jsonreq = json.dumps([{'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                        'method':'aria2.addUri',
...                        'params':[['http://example.org']]},
...                       {'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'asdf',
...                        'method':'aria2.addTorrent',
...                        'params':[base64.b64encode(open('file.torrent').read())]}])
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
[{u'id': u'qwer', u'jsonrpc': u'2.0', u'result': u'2089b05ecca3d829'},
 {u'id': u'asdf', u'jsonrpc': u'2.0', u'result': u'd2703803b52216d1'}]

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> mc = xmlrpclib.MultiCall(s)
>>> mc.aria2.addUri(['http://example.org/file'])
>>> mc.aria2.addTorrent(xmlrpclib.Binary(open('file.torrent', mode='rb').read()))
>>> r = mc()
>>> tuple(r)
('2089b05ecca3d829', 'd2703803b52216d1')

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'system.listMethods'})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': [u'aria2.addUri',
             u'aria2.addTorrent',
...

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> s.system.listMethods()
['aria2.addUri', 'aria2.addTorrent', ...

>>> import urllib2, json
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> jsonreq = json.dumps({'jsonrpc':'2.0', 'id':'qwer',
...                       'method':'system.listNotifications'})
>>> c = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:6800/jsonrpc', jsonreq)
>>> pprint(json.loads(c.read()))
{u'id': u'qwer',
 u'jsonrpc': u'2.0',
 u'result': [u'aria2.onDownloadStart',
             u'aria2.onDownloadPause',
...

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:6800/rpc')
>>> s.system.listNotifications()
['aria2.onDownloadStart', 'aria2.onDownloadPause', ...