FlexGet is a multipurpose automation tool for content like torrents, nzbs, podcasts, comics, series, movies, etc. It can use different kinds of sources like RSS-feeds, html pages, csv files, search engines and there are even plugins for sites that do not provide any kind of useful feeds.
Flexget uses a YAML based configuration file. The following example will look in the RSS feed in the link, will match any item that match the series names and download it:
tasks:
tv:
rss: http://example.com/torrents.xml
series:
- some series
- another series
download: /tvshows
There are numerous plugins that allow utilizing FlexGet in interesting ways and more are being added continuously.
FlexGet is extremely useful in conjunction with applications which have watch directory support or provide interface for external utilities like FlexGet. To get a sense of the many things that can be done with FlexGet you can take a look in our cookbook.
ChangeLog: https://flexget.com/ChangeLog
Help: https://github.com/Flexget/Flexget/discussions
Chat: https://flexget.com/Chat
Bugs: https://github.com/Flexget/Flexget/issues
API reference https://flexget.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/flexget.html
FlexGet is installable via pip with the command:
pip install flexget
For more detailed instructions see the installation guide.
Refer to the contributor guide.
If you don't want to use virtualenv there's flexget_vanilla.py file which
can be used to run FlexGet without virtualenv, note that you will need to
install all required dependencies yourself.