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Alt.Binz (English) => General talk => Topic started by: wisers4me on February 17, 2011, 04:24:18 am

Title: Anyone interested in a "remote download" mini-site?
Post by: wisers4me on February 17, 2011, 04:24:18 am
OK!
I've had this itch to do this project since NZBMatrix came out with their API. This is only useful for NZBMatrix at the moment.

What I did was install WAMP (web server for Windows) and port forwarded port 80 to my computer.
Then, I wrote up the PHP script.
It's very straightforward:
There's a simple page with just a textbox and a Submit button. Your search term goes in the text box. Hit Search.
The next page shows up to 15 results.
Click on a result, and it sends the server a command to download the NZB file.
Alt.Binz is set to auto-import NZBs from the folder that the site saves them to. As long as Alt.Binz is running,  the file will show up in the download queue. As long as Alt.Binz is connected, it will also begin downloading at this point.

This is very handy for when I'm either away from the house and someone mentions a show I want to check out, or any other scenario such as that, or my favorite use for it: downloading shows remotely from my iPad, and then watching those shows through TVersity on the iPad.
Title: Re: Anyone interested in a "remote download" mini-site?
Post by: Spits123 on March 23, 2011, 11:37:39 pm
Perhaps people with a download server would find this useful. But there has to be a login ability on it, you won't want your everyday troll discover it and put your PC full with .....
Title: Re: Anyone interested in a "remote download" mini-site?
Post by: Hecks on March 24, 2011, 04:43:22 am
By the way, if you don't want or need a full WAMP installation for such things, here's a small standalone alternative (in pure PHP):

https://github.com/mhttpd/minihttpd

Now v0.5, includes auth access & SSL support.
Title: Re: Anyone interested in a "remote download" mini-site?
Post by: steveto on March 30, 2011, 06:29:34 pm
Assuming you can access both Dropbox and an NZB site away from home, simply point Alt.Binz to import NZBs from a folder in your Dropbox.
Then use the Dropbox web interface (or install the actual application if you can) to upload any NZBs you want downloading - you can even do this from your smartphone.
Title: Re: Anyone interested in a "remote download" mini-site?
Post by: Spits123 on April 09, 2011, 11:44:12 pm
Quote from: steveto on March 30, 2011, 06:29:34 pm
Assuming you can access both Dropbox and an NZB site away from home, simply point Alt.Binz to import NZBs from a folder in your Dropbox.
Then use the Dropbox web interface (or install the actual application if you can) to upload any NZBs you want downloading - you can even do this from your smartphone.

Good thinking! I'll keep that in mind for sure :)