SoftwareManager-Server

SoftwareManager-Server is a part of the backend for SoftwareManager. This is a lightweight API that serves the purpose of being able to search Rutracker without having to login yourself, simplifying usage for SoftwareManager.

API Docs

API Docs can be found at https://michijackson.xyz/api

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Selfhosting

How to obtain & set your Rutracker session cookie

1. Go to rutracker.org and log in to your account.

2. Open your browser's Developer Tools (usually by pressing F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I).

3. Navigate to the Storage or Application tab, then find Cookies for rutracker.org.

4. Locate the cookie named bb_session and copy its value.

5. Create a file named .env in the project root directory.

6. Add the following line to your .env file, replacing {cookie} with your copied value:

   bb_session={cookie}
   

7. Save the .env file.

Your session cookie is now set up for use with the Server.

Server Setup Recommendations

On our VPS, we use Gunicorn to run our Flask server, with Nginx as a reverse proxy. If you want to run the server just for yourself, this isn't needed. You can simply run it directly with Flask:

python3 server.py

Note

The server runs on Port 8080 by default. You can change that by modifying the "Port" variable in the server.py file