Description

A CLI tool to scrape video streams off of a TvBoxNow thread, it

• remembers downloaded attachments
• supports user account authentication
• provides the option to filter attachments

What's new in 2.0

• Enforces HTTPS
• Installs globally
• More config options
• Rebuilt using Rxjs
• Abandons Plex

Usage

Installation

$ npm i -g grab-tvboxnow-torrent
$ mkdir grab-tvboxnow-torrent
$ cd grab-tvboxnow-torrent
$ grab-tvboxnow-torrent -i

Manage threads

$ nano subscriptions/sample.json
$ touch subscriptions/another-thread.json

Manage subjects

A subject can span over multiple threads over a long period of time. For example, a News subject can spawn a new thread on a monthly basis.

$ touch subscriptions/news-subject.json
$ nano subscriptions/news-subject.json

Using a TVB news thread as an example, one can set up a subject as follows:

{
  "subjectUrlPath": "forum-497-1.html",
  "subjectMatchRegexp": "(?=.*TVB)(?=.*新聞)(?=.*六點半)"
}

note: the CLI takes the first thread that matches the regular expression, and this particular regular expression describes a pattern that contains all three words

Credentials

$ nano auth.json

​ Alternatively, remove this file if none of the threads requires sign-in

Run

$ grab-tvboxnow-torrent

​ This CLI tool saves the downloaded attachments under the "downloads" folder. For more information on how to configure transmission to watch this folder, see install-transmission.md link here.

Options

$ grab-tvboxnow-torrent -h
Usage: grab-tvboxnow-torrent [options]

Options:
  --version        Show version number                                 [boolean]
  -d, --directory  Specify the working directory, defaults to cwd       [string]
  -i, --init       Initialize the working directory                    [boolean]
  -H, --hostname   Specify the TvBoxNow hostname, defaults to "os.tvboxnow.com"
                                                                        [string]
  -q, --quiet      Do not output to stdout or stderr                   [boolean]
  -h, --help       Show help                                           [boolean]

Run from crontab

$ sudo crontab -e

​ Insert the following, and remember to change to real schedules and real paths

min hr1,hr2 * * * grab-tvboxnow-torrent -d /path/to/working/directory >/dev/null 2>&1