From d8e7086d3528cfafd22147d31d8c09cb1495c989 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AJ <ajisaacs27@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 17:43:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Limit seeding by changing ratio.

This way all torrents have a minimum seed ratio of 2.0
---
 start-seeding.py | 40 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/start-seeding.py b/start-seeding.py
index 29b8455..07a49d5 100644
--- a/start-seeding.py
+++ b/start-seeding.py
@@ -10,46 +10,44 @@ qbt_client = qbittorrentapi.Client(
     password='adminadmin',
 )
 
-max_seeds = 25
+unlimited_seed_threshold = 25
 
 def login():
-    # the Client will automatically acquire/maintain a logged-in state
-    # in line with any request. therefore, this is not strictly necessary; 
-    # however, you may want to test the provided login credentials.
     try:
         qbt_client.auth_log_in()
     except qbittorrentapi.LoginFailed as e:
         print(e)
 
-    # display qBittorrent info
     print(f'qBittorrent: {qbt_client.app.version}')
     print(f'qBittorrent Web API: {qbt_client.app.web_api_version}')
-    # for k,v in qbt_client.app.build_info.items(): print(f'{k}: {v}')
 
-def dostuff():
+def set_ratio_limits():
     for torrent in qbt_client.torrents.info.all():
         if torrent.state_enum.is_downloading:
             continue
 
-        if torrent.num_complete > max_seeds:
-            torrent.pause()
-        else:
-            torrent.resume()
+        # -2  =  use the global value
+        # -1  =  no limit
+        x = -2
 
-def update_seed_count():
-    qbt_client.torrents.resume.all()
-    print('Waiting 30 seconds for seeds to update...')
-    time.sleep(30)
+        if torrent.num_complete <= unlimited_seed_threshold:
+            x = -1
 
-logfile = open(r"log.txt", "a")
+        if x == torrent.ratio_limit:
+            continue
+
+        torrent.set_share_limits(ratio_limit=x, seeding_time_limit=-2)
+        torrent.resume()
+
+        log(f'{torrent.name}: set ratio limit to \'{torrent.ratio_limit}\'')
+
+
+logfile = open(r"C:\Tools\qbittorrent\log.txt", "a")
 
 def log(msg):
-    logfile.write('[{}]  {}\n'.format(datetime.datetime.now(), msg))
+    logfile.write(f'[{datetime.datetime.now()}]  {msg}\n')
     logfile.flush()
     print(msg)
 
-log("starting")
 login()
-update_seed_count()
-dostuff()
-log("done")
+set_ratio_limits()