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Usenet Search via API

Feature Request

I love the built-in torrent search and that it seems accessible via the API (though I’ve not managed to get any results back).

There’s a proposed incentive to go from Standard to Pro (double the price) to access usenet, but search functionality appears reserved for the dashboard. It’d be more enticing if it were accessible via the API.

Use Case:
There are a few things available on Usenet for which I can’t find Torrents. I have everything Torrent-related fully automated using Sonarr (and Prowlarr), but in order to pull in Usenet feeds (Prowlarr), it would require paying an additional cost for an Indexer. This, plus the double TorBox subscription makes it untenable for those niche items.

This feels counter to the intended value proposition of including Usenet access in the TorBox subscription, which I’d happily pay for! Currently, I have to manually search for the same thing each day on TorBox.

Posted by heavy_dust87 ·
Status: Completed2 comments

Comments2

  • Wamy

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    Jul 27, 2024

    Yes, as you already have found, this is already a thing. The API is free to use and has a very high request limit, so it is pretty easy to use.

  • heavy_dust87

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    Jul 24, 2024

    I was looking in the wrong place, evidently this already works.

    The documentation needs to be updated, the provided example isn’t a working example, unlike the torrent one.