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Autobrr Testing

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One day, I wanted to test a filter in Autobrr and got the filter set up. I uploaded a torrent and found out that my Autobrr had not been processing any releases for a couple of hours. Since the announce never went through to Autobrr, I could not simply just send the announce again. To test this filter, I did not want to keep reannouncing the torrent so I was looking for a way to test filters without uploading another torrent. Someone from Seedpool pointed me towards Autobrr’s custom indexer feature.

Official Autobrr documentation: https://autobrr.com/configuration/indexers#custom-indexer-definitions

Autobrr config

In your Autobrr configuration file, down near the bottom, add or uncomment the following line:

# Custom definitions  
#  
customDefinitions = "/home/$YOUR_USER/.config/autobrr/definitions"

If you are using docker, it will be the following:

# Custom definitions  
#  
customDefinitions = "/config/definitions"

Custom Definitions

For this example, I copied the Seedpool definition in to the definitions folder and changed it to my needs.

---
#id: seedpool
name: Seedpool-Test
identifier: seedpool-test
description: SeedPool is a private torrent tracker for 0DAY / GENERAL
language: en-us
urls:
  - https://seedpool.org/
privacy: private
protocol: torrent
supports:
  - irc
  - rss
# source: UNIT3D
settings:
  - name: rsskey
    type: secret
    required: true
    label: RSS key (RID)
    help: "Go to Settings > RSS Keys and then copy RSS Key (RID)"
 
irc:
  network: Seedpool-Test
  server: irc.seedpool.org
  port: 6697
  tls: true
  channels:
    - "#brrtest"
  announcers:
	- seedpool
	- uploader
    - Username
  settings:
    - name: nick
      type: text
      required: true
      label: Nick
      help: Bot nick. Eg. user_bot
 
  parse:
    type: single
    lines:
      - tests:
        - line: 【 BoxSet 】 Some - Box Set (2023) S01 (2160p DSNP WEB-DL Hybrid H265 DV HDR DDP 5.1 English - GROUP) ჻ seedpool@https://seedpool.org/torrents/00000 ჻ 39.74 GiB
          expect:
            category: BoxSet
            torrentName: Some - Box Set (2023) S01 (2160p DSNP WEB-DL Hybrid H265 DV HDR DDP 5.1 English - GROUP)
            uploader: "seedpool"
            baseUrl: https://seedpool.org/
            torrentId: "00000"
            torrentSize: 39.74 GiB
            origin: ""
            freeleech: ""
        - line: 【 Music 】 Music.0-Day.FLAC.2024-11-24.seedpool ჻ seedpool@https://seedpool.org/torrents/00000 ჻ 56.73 GiB ჻ iNTERNAL ჻ ★
          expect:
            category: Music
            torrentName: Music.0-Day.FLAC.2024-11-24.seedpool
            uploader: "seedpool"
            baseUrl: https://seedpool.org/
            torrentId: "00000"
            torrentSize: 56.73 GiB
            origin: "iNTERNAL"
            freeleech: "★"
        - line: 【 Movie 】 Some Movie 2024 1080p BluRay REMUX AVC DTS-HD-MA 5 1-UnKn0wn ჻ seedpool@https://seedpool.org/torrents/00000 ჻ 17.85 GiB ჻ ★
          expect:
            category: Movie
            torrentName: Some Movie 2024 1080p BluRay REMUX AVC DTS-HD-MA 5 1-UnKn0wn
            uploader: "seedpool"
            baseUrl: https://seedpool.org/
            torrentId: "00000"
            torrentSize: 17.85 GiB
            origin: ""
            freeleech: "★"
        pattern: '^【 (.+?) 】 (.*?) ჻ (.*?)@(https:\/\/.*?\/)torrents/(\d+) ჻ ([^჻]+)(?: ჻ (iNTERNAL))?(?: ჻ (★))?$'
        vars:
          - category
          - torrentName
          - uploader
          - baseUrl
          - torrentId
          - torrentSize
          - origin
          - freeleech
 
    match:
      infourl: "/torrents/{{ .torrentId }}"
      torrenturl: "/torrent/download/{{ .torrentId }}.{{ .rsskey }}"

Restart Autobrr for the definitions to take effect.

Once Autobrr has been restarted, you would add the new indexer and filter as normal. This is an excellent way to be able to test filters without having to make test uploads.

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