SABnzbd-remote which works a bit like tranmission-remote

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python

import getopt
import sys
import os
import urllib2
import json

HOST = "localhost"
PORT = 9092 # Set to your port

APIKEY = "GIBERISHGIBERISHGIBERISH" # Change to your API KEY

def run_cmd(cmd):
    url = "http://%s:%d/sabnzbd/api?apikey=%s&output=json&%s" % ( HOST, PORT, APIKEY, cmd)
    handle = urllib2.urlopen(url)
    data = json.loads(handle.read())
    handle.close()
    return data

def list():
    data = run_cmd("mode=qstatus")
    
    print "\t".join(["Name", "Downloaded", "Size", "Percent", "Bytes Remaining", "Time Remaining"])
    for j in data['jobs']:
        progress = j['mb'] - j['mbleft']
        print "\t".join([j['filename'], "%dMB" % (progress), "%dMB" % (j['mb']), "%d%%" % ((progress / j['mb']) * 100), "%dMB" % (j['mbleft']), j['timeleft']])

def add(uri):
    localfile = os.access(uri, os.F_OK)
    data = None
    if localfile:
        print "Adding local file."
        data = run_cmd("mode=addlocalfile&name=%s&pp=3" % (uri))
    else:
        print "Adding remote file."
        data = run_cmd("mode=addurl&name=%s&pp=3" % (uri))
    if (data['status'] == True):
        print "Success."
    else:
        print "Failed."

def main():
    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "a:")
    for o, a in opts:
        if (o == "-a"):
            add(a)
            print "Added"
            sys.exit(0)

    list()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()