Batch change tracker URL for torrents

[marteenzh]

Found something that works well in Mac OS.

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perl -pi -w -e 's/THIS/THAT/g;' /path/to/files*.txt

Referenced from http://osxdaily.com/2013/08/20/find-rep ... mand-line/

[stogie bear]

https://gist.github.com/cas--/5326335

Sorry for the necrobump but hoping someone might be able to help me get this script to work.

So far as I can tell the reason it wont work is because I dont use the standard 'program files' install location for deluge. My copy of deluge is installed to D:\Deluge_Daemon and D:\Internet\Deluge.

The script works up until i confirm i want to proceed with the operation then I get this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "deluge_tracker_rename.py", line 39, in <module>
state = cPickle.load(state_file)
ImportError: No module named deluge.core.torrentmanager

I don't know anything about python or programming and despite my best efforts this has me stumped.

[shamael]

Hi stogie bear,

Under Linux I published the solution I use many times per year now here https://forum.deluge-torrent.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=54491&p=226225&hilit=sed+i+tracker#p226225
It's mainly a stop of all Deluges's services and file search&replace operation on the file torrents.state located in your profile.

You seems to be under Windows, I propose below generic info/how_to.

Info:
The config file are in your user profile, a user profile is accessible with variable.
File to edit: torrents.state
Location of the file: %APPDATA%\deluge\state\

Copy this location in Windows explorer to confirm you see the file, check the date. If this is the right file the date should be recent.

Change proposal
I don't have a Deluge under Windows right now so cannot properly test tracker swap. I'll rely on Notepad++ for this part for this reason
Mainly the script only create a backup copy prior you change it, just in case...P

- stop all Deluge services, confirm with the task manager
- open a Powershell prompt and past blow line to create a backup of your deluge folder located in %APPDATA%

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#Create Deluge profile backup
$SOURCE = "$env:appdata\deluge"
$BACKUP = "$env:appdata\deluge.backup"
New-Item -ItemType "directory" -Path $BACKUP -force | out-null
Copy-Item -R -Path $SOURCE -Destination $BACKUP -force

- open Notepad++ and edit the file %APPDATA%\deluge\state\torrents.state by replacing the URL
- start Deluge and check

If you have anything wrong stop Deluge again and recover the files from the backup.

[stogie bear]

Thanks shamael! I never realised the state file was in an editable format. Something went wrong the first time I tried but I used the backup and tried again and it works as expected now, no way i was going to manually change 125 torrents .

[neatchee]

Sorry for the necro bump as well but I'm having trouble with this...

I have tried editing the torrents.state file in multiple ways (simple text editor, sed, python decode/encode, even via direct hex editing) and in all cases I wind up with what appears to be a corrupt state. Starting the daemon and connecting from my client results in a completely empty torrent list.

Is there something I'm missing? Did this somehow stop working in 2.x?

Any help would be appreciated!

[shamael]

Hi neatchee,

Concerning my post: I still use this method but I never test it on 2.X version so cannot tell. if still existing maybe a link with the resume file, both may be checked.

I think the new 2.0 interface allow you to edit multiple torrents directly no? Even if it doesn't help a lot for torrents with multiple tracker

[neatchee]

Unfortunately the "Edit Trackers" option does not apply to all the torrents selected; only the first one

[shamael]

Damn, I was thinking this option was implemented. Are you sure all the Deluge process are closed prior editing the files?
It this confirmed with a "ps"?
On the 1.3.x version this is the only issue I've found.

What about the sed line you used, may you expose it? (remove any personal key)