transmission file selection with magnet links

Question

Is it possible to select which files to download with transmission-cli(or daemon) when using magnet links?

Maybe it is somehow possible to convert first to .torrent file and then continue with selected files?

Solution

You can convert your magnet link into a torrent using a service like Magnet >> Torrent. Once this is done, you just provide the torrent to Transmission and you can now select the files you want.

There is also the long standing enhancement request #4808 as well as GitHub feature request #218 to provide the option to automatically pause the download after downloading the metadata. There is even a (probably outdated) patch but it has never been merged.

Comments

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And is it possible to do this automiatically? Basically I want a script which downloads certain files from magnet link.