- Added heuristic-based author and title query creation, stripping out
unnecessary elements that could limit searches
- Improved language support when using Hardcover. Searches will now be
conducted on a per-language basis using localized book titles.
- Added manual search override option in the release modal.
- Added new book output option **upload to Booklore**, available in
download settings
- Got annoyed at my messy processing code while implementing Booklore so
refactored the whole thing
- Full black box file processing testing with randomised configuration
- Deluge: Connect via WebUI auth for simplified setup
- Added env vars documentation, auto generated via script, and unlocked
most settings to be used as env vars
This adds in rtorrent for
https://github.com/calibrain/shelfmark/issues/420
The one weird thing I noticed is that the download path needs to be the
same for both (that's not how I typically set it up)
But it definitely adds to rtorrent and gives progress.
**rTorrent client integration:**
* Added a new `RTorrentClient` class in
`shelfmark/release_sources/prowlarr/clients/rtorrent.py` that implements
the download client interface for rTorrent using XML-RPC, supporting
adding, removing, and querying torrent status.
* Registered the rTorrent client in the client registry in
`shelfmark/release_sources/prowlarr/clients/__init__.py`.
**Settings and configuration:**
* Extended the Prowlarr client settings UI and backend
(`shelfmark/release_sources/prowlarr/settings.py`) to add rTorrent as a
selectable client, provide rTorrent-specific configuration fields (URL,
username, password, label, download directory), and implement a
connection test action.
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**Test environment and scripts:**
* Updated `docker-compose.test-clients.yml` to add an rTorrent service
for local testing, including configuration, ports, and documentation
updates.
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* Enhanced `scripts/test_clients.py` to include rTorrent in the test
suite, with logic for connecting, adding, and removing torrents via
XML-RPC.
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Closes https://github.com/calibrain/shelfmark/issues/420
- Changes the auth settings to support more than two auth types
- Added a proxy auth type with settings for user and optionally group
headers
- Added a global middleware `proxy_auth_middleware` to handle proxy auth
(it does nothing if any other auth mode is set)
- Added support for proxy auth to `get_auth_mode`, `login_required`,
`api_login/out`, and `api_auth_check`
- Added a backend check to make protect the API for settings when admin
is required
---------
Co-authored-by: Joshua Tag Howard <git@jthoward.dev>
Co-authored-by: Alex <alex.bilbie1@gmail.com>
- Added alternative file processing mode. Save files directly into a
library folder and set up file names / directories based on user
preference.
- Uses template based naming and directory creation. E.g. {Author} /
{Series} {Title} {Part} etc. Works for saving correctly to libraries
such as Audiobookshelf.
- Use torrent hardlinking directly into library directories.
- Prowlarr: Added automatic fallback to search without category filter
when indexers return no results with book category (7000), improving
compatibility with indexers that don't support category filtering
- Prowlarr: Hide language filter in UI since Prowlarr has unreliable
language metadata
- Bypass: Refactored internal bypasser with code cleanup, extracted
helper functions, and added health check capability
- Bypass: Added fingerprint module for screen size handling
- qBittorrent: Fixed connection test to use web API version instead of
app version
- Frontend: Added supported_filters config to control which filters
display per source
- Auth: Improved CWA database path validation (now uses Path object
properly)
- Updated Selenium to 4.45.6. Includes various crash and memory leak
fixes, plus new bypasser methods
- Bypasser now uses CDP captcha solving as priority - Faster, more
efficient, no PyAutoGUI needed. Fallback to existing methods.
- Better detection and cleanup of old Selenium instances to save memory.
- Added Hardcover graphQL API header detection
- Added AA download counts in details modal
- More robust switching of internal/external bypasser, fixed settings UI
toggle behavior.
## Headline features
### Prowlarr plugin - search trackers and download usenet/torrent books
- Search any usenet/torrent tracker via Prowlarr, returns books within
Universal search
- Configure download clients in the app settings (Qbittorrent, Deluge,
Transmission, NZBget, SABnzbd)
- Unified download and file handling within the app, same as AA.
### IRC plugin
- Search IRCHighway #ebooks channel for books and download right in the
app.
- No setup needed
- Credit to OpenBooks for the broad idea and inspiration for best
practices for ebook-specific search and download.
### Google Books Metadata Provider
- Create a Google Cloud API key and use Google Books as a metadata
provider
- Not the best source (Hardcover is still recommended), but another
option and further redundancy for universal search
### Book series support
- New "Series" search field in Hardcover provider
- "Series order" sort option - lists books in reading order
- "View Series" button in book details modal to search the full series
- Series info display (e.g., "3 of 12 in The Wheel of Time")
## Others:
- Better format filtering, helpful errors when formats rejected (e.g.,
"Found 3 ebooks but format not supported (.pdf). Enable in Settings >
Formats."
- Directory processing - Handles multi-file torrent/usenet downloads
properly
- Expand search toggle - Skip ISBN search to find more editions
- Filtered authors - Uses primary authors only (excludes
translators/narrators) for better search results
- Language multi-select - Filter releases by multiple languages
Docker / Build / Testing
- pip cache mounts - Faster Docker builds via BuildKit cache
- npm cache mounts - Faster frontend builds
- APT cleanup - Smaller final image size
- Added make restart command for quick restarts without rebuild
- New pytest-based test framework with proper configuration
(pyproject.toml)
- Unit tests for all download clients (qBittorrent, Transmission,
Deluge, NZBGet, SABnzbd)
- Bencode parsing tests
- Cache tests
- Integration tests for Prowlarr handler
- E2E test framework
Alex
Patrick Veverka
