This has bugged me for a while but as with most things it’s easy when you know how.

First setup a cron job with wget

0 */6 * * * wget -A torrent -r -l 1 ewheel.democracynow.org

This will go an check for new torrents every 6 hours at ewheel.democracynow.org and place them in a directory of the same name in your home directory.

info: -r is recursively. -l is a small L as in go down one level. i.e only drill down one directory to search for the torrent file.

How to Automatically add Democracy-now torrents to transmission under GNU/Linux¶

Now just set transmission to watch that folder:

edit > preferences > automatically add torrents from > ewheel.democracynow.org

Do not set transmission to delete the torrents or wget could fetch them again!! Wait until they’re removed from the site if you really must.

How to Automatically add Democracy-now torrents to deluge under GNU/Linux¶

Now just set deluge to watch the folder:

Edit > Preferences > Downloads > Auto add .torrents from: ewheel.democracynow.org