synchronizing multiple sab clients to share one download source

[koryakm]

I am seriously considering writing a small controller client to sync my home and work computer. This client will:
- allow you to register N sabnzbd clients which share one usenet acct
- the client will only allow one client at a time to download from usenet, while pausing all other clients
- provide a fair scheduler

i plan to implement this by means of a token ring using java to control each client though the web api.

does something like this exist? Is there any interest in building this?
I cannot write this in python, because i dont know it.

[neilt0]

Great idea. I use up to 4 machines to download, so this would be very useful.

[pmow]

How would you control which is active? 
Have you considered moving to a client setup which moves control upstream? 

I'm guessing the idea is that you want to save money, so getting a colo-type server is probably out of the question.  For a single user setup, this makes sense as long as you don't mind putting certain clients on hold.  As long as all clients are accessible via their APIs, writing a script to prioritize/pause/unpause on a timer would be fairly straightforward.

[forkless]

Would love such functionality.

[sumofatguy]

Would love such functionality.

me as well.  It's exactly what I came to post about!