API call to update rss filter

[mrboring]

Hi All

I'm trying to use the API to update an rss filter. Unfortunately I'm not having much success.

Using:

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http://localhost:8085/sabnzbd/api?mode=get_config&section=rss&apikey=<key>

I get a bunch of json. Some of which looks like:

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'filter1': ['tv', '', 'None', 'A', '<filter>', 'None']

I'm trying to replace <filter> with an amended one. However, I get unpredictable results. Here's the call I'm using:

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http://localhost:8085/sabnzbd/api?apikey=<key>&mode=set_config&section=rss&keyword=NewFeed&filter1=tv,,None,A,<new filter>,None

I should mention that I'm new to the API and json.

I would be grateful for an example of how to update an rss filter via the API.

Thanks in advance.

Alan

[shypike]

Make sure you do proper URL quoting (like %20 for space and %2C for comma)

[mrboring]

Hi shypike

I tried:

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http://localhost:8085/sabnzbd/api?apikey=<key>&mode=set_config&section=rss&keyword=NewFeed&filter0=tv%2C%2CNone%2CA%2Ctest%2CNone

But it still did not change the filter.

I get the following returned to the browser:

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{'rss': [{'pp': '', 'enable': 0, 'name': 'NewFeed', 'script': '', 'uri': '', 'cat': '', 'priority': -100, 'filter0': ['tv', 'None', 'A', 'test', 'None', '']}]}

I might be wrong, but this looks like it worked. But when I look in Sabnzbd+ > Config > RSS > NewFeed the original filter is there. This confuses me.

Alan

[shypike]

It looks like leading empty parameters aren't accepted.
I think this one will work:

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http://localhost:8085/sabnzbd/api?mode=set_config&section=rss&keyword=aaa&filter0=Default%2CDefault%2CDefault%2CA%2Ctest

BTW: you'll need to refresh the page before the filters will be updated in the UI.
They will be immediately updated internally.

[mrboring]

Hi shypike

That worked! Thanks.

Just in case I need to change something other than the filter, would you know what the order of parameters is?

Thanks again.

Alan

[shypike]

category, PP, script, type, regex, priority
Where type = A(ccept) R(eject) C(ategory-required) M(ust-contain)

[mrboring]

Hi shypike

Thanks for the info.

Alan