A Little API Help - change_opts

[hernandito]

Hi Gang,

I need a little assistance. I am creating a custom web page, from where I would like to be able to change the options for Post processing in my queue to +Repair/Unpack/Delete.

According to the api gui the following should be the right command:

http://myIP:88/api?mode=change_opts&val ... yz&value2=3&apikey=xxxxxxxxxxxxx

After I click on this link, I get an OK return message but the first/only item in my queue still shows it as "Download" and not "+D". I have tried changing the "3" value to 0, 1, 2, and it still does not change it.

Can anyone please shed any light on this? Do I need to specify something else? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

Hernando

ps. I am running Sab v.0.7.20 on an unRAID server.

[sander]

Pity you altered your URL, because now I have to ask: did you fill out the real at "value=SABnzbd_nzo_zt"? Because you have to.

Hint:

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$ lynx --dump  'http://localhost:8080/api?mode=qstatus&output=xml' | grep '<id>'
<id>SABnzbd_nzo_zf8FEN</id>
<id>SABnzbd_nzo_m1oBuz</id>

$ lynx --dump 'http://localhost:8080/api?mode=change_opts&value=SABnzbd_nzo_zf8FEN&value2=1'
ok

That works; Processing is changed in the queue.

Remark:

A nonsense NZO lead to "ok" to:

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$ lynx --dump 'http://localhost:8080/api?mode=change_opts&value=SABnzbd_nzo_NONSENSE&value2=1'
ok

... that "ok" is strange, and maybe even a bug

[shypike]

It works when I test it.

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curl http://127.0.0.1:8085/sabnzbd/api -F apikey=XXX -F mode=change_opts -F output=json -F value2=3 -F value=SABnzbd_nzo_YYYYYY

[sander]

It works when I test it.

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curl http://127.0.0.1:8085/sabnzbd/api -F apikey=XXX -F mode=change_opts -F output=json -F value2=3 -F value=SABnzbd_nzo_YYYYYY

Works in which way? I don't see the result of your API call

In both cases I get {"status":true}

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sander@flappie:~$ lynx --dump  'http://localhost:8080/api?mode=qstatus&output=xml' | grep '<id>'
<id>SABnzbd_nzo_5dNJ6A</id>
<id>SABnzbd_nzo_DHXQWJ</id>

sander@flappie:~$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/sabnzbd/api  -F mode=change_opts -F output=json -F value2=3 -F value=SABnzbd_nzo_YYYYYY
{"status":true}

sander@flappie:~$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/sabnzbd/api  -F mode=change_opts -F output=json -F value2=3 -F value=SABnzbd_nzo_5dNJ6A
{"status":true}

[shypike]

I see the post-processing option change in the web interface.
Is the OP sure that the web interface automatically refreshes?

[sander]

I see the post-processing option change in the web interface.

Me too. But no useful result in the API call. Could be by design, but a bit confusing / misleading, IMHO.

Is the OP sure that the web interface automatically refreshes?

My first check is to verify the OP is using the actual NZO codes at all ...

[hernandito]

Thank you guys... I was pasting directly from the API help page.... and now realize that the value SABnzbd_nzo_zt2syz needs to be unique to my queue...

I typed this in my URL and

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http://myIP:88/api?mode=queue&start=START&limit=LIMIT&output=json&apikey=xxxxx

In the resulting code, I saw that there is a unique value to my current queue.

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"nzo_id":"SABnzbd_nzo_xwTFWx"

I need to parse that item out and then use it as the value in my original post. That worked... I need to figuure what some of you guys posted about curl... I tihnk they are methods to extract this info... I am not an expert, but I will figure it out. My goal is to change any and all items in my queue to +Repair/Unpack/Delete.

Many thanks again!!!

H.

[hernandoruiz]

I managed to figure out a script that sets this automatically to all items in the queue... Thanks to all the guys above me for their guidance.

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<?php
		$response = file_get_contents("http://YOUR-IP-OR-URL:88/api?mode=qstatus&output=json&apikey=YOUR-API-KEY");
	
		$json = json_decode($response, true);

		$runningcount = 0;
		
		foreach($json['jobs'] as $item) {
			$itemcode = $item['id'];
			$reseturl = "http://YOUR-IP-OR-URL:88/api?mode=change_opts&value={$hritemcode}&value2=3&apikey=YOUR-API-KEY";
			$resetresponse = file_get_contents($reseturl);
			$runningcount = $runningcount + 1;
		}
		echo "Changed {$runningcount} items in the queue.";
?>	

Hopefully this will help someone.

Thanks again,

H.