magnetLinkTransfer.sh

#!/bin/bash
# magenetLinkTransfer.sh
# slapped together as a more controlled method of passing magnet urls to transmission-daemon
# when the transgui and transmission-remote apps failed to do so.
#
# retreive argument(s) as $LINK
LINK=("$1")

# if no argument is given, error out.
if [ -z "$LINK" ]; then
  echo "ERROR: need magnet link"
  exit 1
fi

# DEBUG purposes, dump the argument passed into a log file.
echo $LINK >> /tmp/magnetlinktransfer.log

# transmission-daemon connection information.  [sensored for pastebin]
HOST=127.0.0.1
PORT=9091
USER="username"
PASS="password"

# gather authentication session identifier from transmission-daemon rpc
SESSID=$(curl --silent --anyauth --user $USER:$PASS "http://$HOST:$PORT/transmission/rpc" | sed 's/.*<code>//g;s/<\/code>.*//g')

# DEBUG purposes, show in terminal (the .desktop called for magnet links will show terminal when calling this)
echo ${LINK}

# send request to add torrent to the transmission-daemon
curl --silent --anyauth --user $USER:$PASS --header "$SESSID" "http://$HOST:$PORT/transmission/rpc" -d "{\"method\":\"torrent-add\",\"arguments\":{\"filename\":\"${LINK}\"}}"

# DEBUG purposes, pause the script before finishing to allow review of the terminal window.
read -n1 -r -p 'Press any key to continue...' key