A Python API client for BitTorrent Sync
Project description
btsync.py
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A Python API client for BitTorrent Sync
Installation
Install from PyPI:
$ pip install btsync.py
Or Install from source:
$ git clone git@github.com:kevinjqiu/btsync.py.git
$ cd btsync.py
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python setup.py install
Examples
You need to first download btsync for your platform. Once it’s downloaded, extract it somewhere and generate a sample config file:
$ cd /path/to/btsync
$ ./btsync --dump-sample-config > config
Change the default config if you wish. The pieces of config you need for the client to connect are:
host
port (listening port)
username
password
Run btsync with the config:
$ ./btsync --config config
With btsync running, now you can connect to it using this library:
Creating a client:
>>> import btsync
>>> client = btsync.Client(
... host='127.0.0.1',
... port='1106',
... username='admin',
... password='password')
Listing sync folders:
>>> import pprint
>>> pprint.pprint(client.sync_folders)
[{u'iswritable': 1,
u'name': u'/home/foo/bar',
u'peers': [{u'direct': 1,
u'name': u'rpi',
u'status': u'Synced on 10/08/13 11:21:30'}],
u'readonlysecret': u'--------------------------------',
u'secret': u'--------------------------------',
u'size': u'353.9 MB in 256 files'},
{u'iswritable': 1,
u'name': u'/tmp',
u'peers': [],
u'readonlysecret': u'--------------------------------',
u'secret': u'--------------------------------',
u'size': u'56.9 kB in 14 files'}]
Generate a secret for adding a sync folder:
>>> secret = client.generate_secret()
>>> pprint.pprint(secret)
{u'rosecret': u'--------------------------------',
u'secret': u'--------------------------------'}
Add a sync folder:
>>> client.add_sync_folder('/tmp', secret['rosecret'])
>>> pprint.pprint(client.sync_folders[1])
{u'iswritable': 0,
u'name': u'/tmp',
u'peers': [],
u'secret': u'--------------------------------',
u'size': u'0 B in 0 files'}
Development
First, you need to setup a virtualenv, as it segregates local dependencies from the system libraries nicely:
$ virtualenv btsync.py-env
Activate the virtual environment:
$ cd btsync.py-env
$ . btsync.py-env/bin/activate
Clone this repo somewhere, e.g., $HOME/src/btsync.py:
$ git clone git@github.com:kevinjqiu/btsync.py.git
$ cd btsync.py
Install dev dependencies:
$ pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
Run tests:
$ fab test
You can also generate the coverage report:
$ fab coverage
To run integration tests, you need to have btsync executable on your $PATH:
$ fab test_integration
Optionally, you can set an environment variable BTSYNC before running the test:
$ BTSYNC=$HOME/btsync/btsync fab test_integration
To run coverage for integration tests:
$ fab coverage:integration
You can also change the port the btsync instance for integration test runs on (the default port is 59999):
$ BTSYNC_PORT=55555 fab test_integration
License
See LICENSE.
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