Limit seeding by changing ratio.

This way all torrents have a minimum seed ratio of 2.0

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:
+        # -2  =  use the global value
-            torrent.pause()
+        # -1  =  no limit
-        else:
+        x = -2
+
+        if torrent.num_complete <= unlimited_seed_threshold:
+            x = -1
+
+        if x == torrent.ratio_limit:
+            continue
+
+        torrent.set_share_limits(ratio_limit=x, seeding_time_limit=-2)
         torrent.resume()
 
-def update_seed_count():
+        log(f'{torrent.name}: set ratio limit to \'{torrent.ratio_limit}\'')
-    qbt_client.torrents.resume.all()
-    print('Waiting 30 seconds for seeds to update...')
-    time.sleep(30)
 
-logfile = open(r"log.txt", "a")
+
+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()
+set_ratio_limits()
-dostuff()
-log("done")