Internet Archive

Install Python CLI client

pipx install internetarchive

Use Python client to download torrent files from given collection

In qBittorrent, ensure “Automatically add torrents from” > Monitored Folder is set the /mnt/torrent_files and the Override save path is Default save path.

Get itemlist from collection.

ia search --itemlist "collection:bbsmagazine" | tee bbsmagazine.txt

Download torrent files from each item using parallel.

cat bbsmagazine.txt | parallel 'ia download --format "Archive BitTorrent" --destdir=/mnt/torrent_files {}'

Move .torrent files from their directories to /mnt/torrent_files.

find /mnt/torrent_files -type f -name "*.torrent" -exec mv {} /mnt/torrent_files \;

Note: .torrent files will be removed from /mnt/torrent_files by qBittorrent once they are added to the instance.

Remove empty directories.

find /mnt/torrent_files -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -delete