# Importarr Importarr is an Arr-style service for importing manually categorized SABnzbd downloads after SAB reports final completion. It owns one SAB category, defaults to `manual`, and refuses to import transient Direct Unpack paths or jobs still in SAB queue/post-processing. ## Install Importarr is intended to feel like a small Arr service: deploy the container or systemd service, edit one env file, point SABnzbd category `manual` at the same completed-download path, then open the web UI. ### Docker Compose, recommended ```sh mkdir -p importarr/config cd importarr curl -fsSLO https://example.com/importarr/deploy/docker-compose.example.yml curl -fsSLo importarr.env https://example.com/importarr/deploy/importarr.env.example ${EDITOR:-vi} importarr.env docker compose -f docker-compose.example.yml --env-file importarr.env up -d ``` Then open `http://host:8765/` or put it behind your reverse proxy. For a local build instead of a published image, run: ```sh docker build -t importarr:local . ``` ### systemd / pip install ```sh git clone https://example.com/importarr.git cd importarr sudo sh deploy/systemd-install.sh sudo ${EDITOR:-vi} /etc/importarr/importarr.env sudo systemctl start importarr.service ``` The installer creates the `importarr` system user when needed, installs a virtualenv, and installs the package from the checked-out repository. Override install paths with `IMPORTARR_*` variables if the defaults do not fit your environment. For a machine that should stay current with the repository, use the installed repo-upgrade helper: ```sh sudo -n sh /opt/importarr/repo-upgrade.sh ``` The helper refuses to run when the checkout has uncommitted changes, then performs `git pull --ff-only`, reinstalls the package from the repo, restarts `importarr.service`, and prints service status. Use it after changes have been committed and pushed to `main`. Installed deployments can expose the same operation through the authenticated API. `GET /api/control/update-check` queries the latest release from `IMPORTARR_UPDATE_RELEASE_URL` (default: this repository's Gitea latest-release API) and compares it with the running `IMPORTARR_VERSION`. `POST /api/control/update` performs the same check and only runs the update command when a newer release tag exists. Configure `IMPORTARR_UPDATE_COMMAND` when the default `sh deploy/repo-upgrade.sh` is not correct for the service working directory. The web UI Start, Stop, and Restart controls target `manual-media-import.service` by default; configure `IMPORTARR_START_COMMAND`, `IMPORTARR_STOP_COMMAND`, or `IMPORTARR_RESTART_COMMAND` when those defaults need a wrapper such as sudo. Release-worthy changes should be committed, tagged with SemVer (`v0.1.1`, `v0.2.0`, ...), pushed with tags, then installed from the tagged checkout or artifact. ### Required setup 1. In SABnzbd, create or confirm category `manual`. 2. Set its completed folder to the same path mounted as `IMPORTARR_DOWNLOAD_ROOT`. 3. Set `IMPORTARR_SAB_URL` and `IMPORTARR_SAB_API_KEY_FILE` or `IMPORTARR_SAB_API_KEY`. 4. Mount/configure `IMPORTARR_MOVIES_ROOT` and `IMPORTARR_TV_ROOT` read/write. 5. Set `IMPORTARR_AUTH_TOKEN` unless write endpoints are protected by a reverse proxy. 6. Check `GET /health`, then inspect `/api/preview` before running imports. ## Safety model - SAB-managed imports must be in `IMPORTARR_SAB_CATEGORY` and present in SAB history as `Completed` with final `storage`. - Active queue/post-processing states such as `Queued`, `Repairing`, `Extracting`, and `Moving` are never ready. - `_UNPACK_`, `__UNPACK__`, `_FAILED_`, and `_ADMIN_` paths are skipped. - Manual batches are explicit one-time folders under `IMPORTARR_DOWNLOAD_ROOT`. ## API - `GET /health` - `GET /api/status` - `GET /api/jobs` - `GET /api/preview` - `GET /api/history` - `GET /api/manual-batches` - `POST /api/manual-batches` with `{ "path": "relative/or/absolute/path" }` - `DELETE /api/manual-batches/{id}` - `POST /api/control/start` - `POST /api/control/pause` - `POST /api/control/stop` - `POST /api/control/cancel-current` - `POST /api/control/restart` - `GET /api/control/update-check` - `POST /api/control/update` - `POST /api/queue-items/{id}/action` with `{ "action": "retry|ignore|remove" }` - `POST /api/import/run-now` Set `IMPORTARR_AUTH_TOKEN_FILE` or `IMPORTARR_AUTH_TOKEN` to require `Authorization: Bearer ` for write endpoints. ## Development ```sh python3.12 -m venv .venv . .venv/bin/activate pip install -e '.[test]' pytest uvicorn importarr.main:app --reload ``` ## Operations Importarr intentionally does not document private deployment topology, hostnames, reverse proxies, monitoring, backups, or operator workflows in this repository. Keep those details in your own ops runbooks. For a systemd install, prefer a normal package install from the checked-out repo over an editable install so the service user does not need read access to your development checkout. If the service fails, standard systemd diagnostics are usually enough: ```sh sudo systemctl --no-pager --full status importarr.service sudo journalctl -u importarr.service -n 120 --no-pager ```