API calls fails unless referrer is provided

[kryksyh]

Hi! I am trying to use this module, but it doesn't work with qBittorrent 3.3.13 on Archlinux x64. All API calls fails unless I specify referrer like this:

        self.session = requests.Session()
        header = {
            'Referer': 'http://localhost:8080'
        }
        login = self.session.post(self.url+'login',
                                  data={'username': username,
                                        'password': password},
                                  headers=header)
        if login.text == 'Ok.':
            self._is_authenticated = True
        else:
            return login.text

I have no experience with qBittorrent, is it my misconfiguration or is it some API update and should be fixed in this library?

python: 3.6.0 requests: 2.18.1

[v1k45]

Sorry for the late reply. I'll try to reproduce this and let you know.

[v1k45]

Hey, I am not able to reproduce this issue. The module works fine without the Referer header.

What do you mean when you say "failed"? What error message are you receiving?

[teejo75]

https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/WebUI-API-Documentation#changes

Note that as of API14, referrer is required on all API calls. (qBittorrent 3.20+)

[v1k45]

Thanks @teejo75 I'll push a fix for his ASAP.

[kmlucy]

Did this ever get fixed?

[the-white-light]

@kmlucy It works fine for me with qb4.1.4, so presumably yes.

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