µCallback

What is µCallback?

µCallback makes it possible to call a script or application when a BitTorrent download finishes.

It has support both Transmission and µTorrent, even though Transmission already supports it.

How to use

Installation

  [sudo] gem install ucallback  

An example - The synchronous version

This example listen for µTorrent downloads. When a download finishes, the block is being called with the name of the downloaded item.

So if you downloaded House.S07E11.HDTV.XviD-LOL.avi the item variable would be set to just that value.

  #!/usr/bin/env ruby

  require 'rubygems'
  require 'ucallback'

  Ucallback.listen('uTorrent') do |item|
    # Do something with the information
  end

A background example - The asynchronous version

The previous example runs as an synchronous script, but what if you what to run it in the background?

The daemonize gem fixes this for us. It daemonizes the current thread so we can run it in the background.

Don't forget to install daemonize using [sudo] gem install daemons

  #!/usr/bin/env ruby

  require 'rubygems'
  require 'ucallback'
  require 'daemons'   

  Daemons.daemonize

  Ucallback.listen('Transmission') do |item|
    # Do something with the information
  end    

Save the code above to a file, run chmod +x the_file_you_just_created on it and you should be able to start it using the_file_you_just_created.

How to help

• Start by copying the project or make your own branch.
• Navigate to the root path of the project and run bundle.
• Start by running all tests using rspec, rspec spec/ucallback_spec.rb.
• Implement your own code, write some tests, commit and do a pull request.

Requirements

µCallback is tested on OS X 10.6.6 using Ruby 1.8.7. With µTorrent beta 1.1.

µCallback only works with µTorrent versions that supports Growl messages.