Media Assistant Bot

About

This is the sources of a Telegram Bot is designed to help you search for torrents and remotely download them to your PC using the qBittorrent client. Once the torrent is downloaded, you can ask the Bot to send you any file from the torrent and download it from any other device.

Disclaimer

This Bot is created for a personal usage, so it might have some bugs or not work perfectly. If you have any questions, issues or improvements, feel free to open an issue ticket or submit a pull request.

This Bot will not help you overcome the restrictions associated with blocking torrent trackers, since it runs locally on your PC.

Before You Get Started

1. Create a New Bot on Telegram:

   • Open the Telegram and search for the BotFather bot.
   • Start a chat with BotFather and send the command /newbot.
   • Follow the prompts to name your bot and create a unique username for it.
   • Once done, BotFather will provide you with a TOKEN. Keep this token safe as you'll need it later.

2. Obtain API_ID and API_HASH

   • Obtain API_ID and API_HASH as described in https://core.telegram.org/api/obtaining_api_id. It will be used to run a local API Server to allow the Bot to send large files.

3. Register on Rutracker:

   • Go to the Rutracker website and create an account if you don't already have one.
   • Note down your Rutracker USERNAME and PASSWORD. These credentials will be used by the bot to login and perform searches.

Setup

Open your terminal and run the following command:

tmpfile=$(mktemp) && curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/strayiker/smart-home-media-assistant-telegram-bot/refs/heads/main/scripts/setup.sh -o $tmpfile && chmod +x $tmpfile && bash -i $tmpfile && rm $tmpfile

It will ask you for some necessary information, so don't go too far.

Update

To update the Bot to the latest version, run the following command in the folder where your Bot is installed:

./update.sh