Link home-made php script to addtorrent.php

[Hightmar]

Hello, I am making a script to add a torrent from a self-made form.
I have to do it like this, Rutorrent and Rtorrent are on a machine that uses a VPN. So I'm going through another machine which is on the same local network.

In my script I want call addtorrent.php so that the torrent is added automatically to Rtorrent and is started. I'm not very good in code and I don't understand what I have to send as information to the $_REQUEST variable (I think it is this one). I tried to give it the $_FILE information but it doesn't seem to be that.

I manage to send my file to the server but when the script calls addtorrent.php I get "File not found."
Result URL :
https://domain.tld/upload/addtorrent.php?result[]=Failed&name[]=file.name.torrent&

Anyone know how I can link my script correctly to addtorrent.php please?

My script

[stickz]

You can use IPTables to host ruTorrent outside of the VPN. This way you don't need a script to perform any ruTorrent tasks. If you want to hide the IP address of the machine for ruTorrent, it's possible to host it on cloudflare for free.

[Hightmar]

I install RuTorrent and RTorrent on the same machine and with IPTables , I allow access to RuTorrent via Internet without going through the VPN?

With my VPN I can exclude the local network from VPN traffic but the idea is to be able to access it when I'm not at home, hence the script.
I don't see how to do that with IPTables.

edit : For Cloudflare I'm not sure I understand, are you telling me to use their DNS servers to mask the IP address?
If that's the case it's true that I didn't think of this solution. I use it for my sites as well.

I still prefer the VPS solution to limit the risks when using torrents...

[stickz]

You can allow access to ruTorrent via the internet without going through the VPN. Then route rTorrent traffic which distributes the torrents through a VPN to limit your risks. A VPS provider can cancel your service. You're better off to use a third-party VPN provider.

I have a working configuration on Private Internet Access with wireguard for this.
pia-foss/manual-connections#62 (comment)

[Hightmar]

Thanks for your answer, I'll look into it and try to set it up, but I can't do it right away, I'll do it on my new Raspberry Pi that I'm waiting for.

In the meantime, do you know how I can use addtorrent.php or not? I think it shouldn't be too complicated. I don't understand why the script doesn't take the data that are in $_FILES['torrent_file'], I used the same naming to make things easier.

When I call addtorrent.php from my form directly it works.
-> array(2) { ["result"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(7) "Success" } ["name"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(53) myFile.torrent" } }

The $_REQUEST and $_FILES variables are superglobals, so I don't understand why they don't pass from my script to addtorrent.php

[Hightmar]

I really don't understand.
I do a var_dump of $_REQUEST and $_FILES on addtorrent.php with a die; right after to stop the script.

Here is the result when I use my script to call addtorrent.php

var_dump Request
array(1) { ["submit"]=> string(0) "" }
var_dump Files
array(1) { ["torrent_file"]=> array(5) { ["name"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(86) "myfile.torrent" } ["type"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(24) "application/x-bittorrent" } ["tmp_name"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(14) "/tmp/phpZv2i4o" } ["error"]=> array(1) { [0]=> int(0) } ["size"]=> array(1) { [0]=> int(203516) } } }

and the result when I call addtorrent.php directly.

var_dump Request
array(1) { ["submit"]=> string(0) "" }
var_dump Files
array(1) { ["torrent_file"]=> array(5) { ["name"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(86) "myfile.torrent" } ["type"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(24) "application/x-bittorrent" } ["tmp_name"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(14) "/tmp/phpviKVkV" } ["error"]=> array(1) { [0]=> int(0) } ["size"]=> array(1) { [0]=> int(203516) } } }
The data sent are exactly the same. Except that when I use my script, the result is File not found.