sabnzbd

name	sabnzbd
version	1.0.0
description	Manage Usenet downloads with SABnzbd. Use when the user asks to "check SABnzbd", "list NZB queue", "add NZB", "pause downloads", "resume downloads", "SABnzbd status", "Usenet queue", "NZB history", or mentions SABnzbd/sab download management.

SABnzbd API

Manage Usenet downloads via SABnzbd's REST API.

Setup

Config: ~/.clawdbot/credentials/sabnzbd/config.json

{
  "url": "http://localhost:8080",
  "apiKey": "your-api-key-from-config-general"
}

Get your API key from SABnzbd Config → General → Security.

Quick Reference

Queue Status

# Full queue
./scripts/sab-api.sh queue

# With filters
./scripts/sab-api.sh queue --limit 10 --category tv

# Specific job
./scripts/sab-api.sh queue --nzo-id SABnzbd_nzo_xxxxx

Add NZB

# By URL (indexer link)
./scripts/sab-api.sh add "https://indexer.com/get.php?guid=..."

# With options
./scripts/sab-api.sh add "URL" --name "My Download" --category movies --priority high

# By local file
./scripts/sab-api.sh add-file /path/to/file.nzb --category tv

Priority: force, high, normal, low, paused, duplicate

Control Queue

./scripts/sab-api.sh pause              # Pause all
./scripts/sab-api.sh resume             # Resume all
./scripts/sab-api.sh pause-job <nzo_id>
./scripts/sab-api.sh resume-job <nzo_id>
./scripts/sab-api.sh delete <nzo_id>    # Keep files
./scripts/sab-api.sh delete <nzo_id> --files  # Delete files too
./scripts/sab-api.sh purge              # Clear queue

Speed Control

./scripts/sab-api.sh speedlimit 50      # 50% of max
./scripts/sab-api.sh speedlimit 5M      # 5 MB/s
./scripts/sab-api.sh speedlimit 0       # Unlimited

History

./scripts/sab-api.sh history
./scripts/sab-api.sh history --limit 20 --failed
./scripts/sab-api.sh retry <nzo_id>     # Retry failed
./scripts/sab-api.sh retry-all          # Retry all failed
./scripts/sab-api.sh delete-history <nzo_id>

Categories & Scripts

./scripts/sab-api.sh categories
./scripts/sab-api.sh scripts
./scripts/sab-api.sh change-category <nzo_id> movies
./scripts/sab-api.sh change-script <nzo_id> notify.py

Status & Info

./scripts/sab-api.sh status             # Full status
./scripts/sab-api.sh version
./scripts/sab-api.sh warnings
./scripts/sab-api.sh server-stats       # Download stats

Response Format

Queue slot includes:

• nzo_id, filename, status
• mb, mbleft, percentage
• timeleft, priority, cat
• script, labels

Status values: Downloading, Queued, Paused, Propagating, Fetching

History status: Completed, Failed, Queued, Verifying, Repairing, Extracting