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{
"nodes": [
{
"id": "195edaa5-5e07-46d5-b1c6-96f1b1a8a42c",
"name": "Schedule Trigger",
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"id": "478e44fb-f945-483b-8dc3-bad606febefe",
"name": "jellyfin_user_id",
"type": "string",
"value": ""
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{
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"name": "jellyfin_url",
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"value": ""
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{
"id": "fda395be-f579-4c4a-a1d7-f5ba0172cdaa",
"name": "transmission_url",
"type": "string",
"value": ""
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"name": "Jellyfin: get items",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Variables').first().json.jellyfin_url }}/Users/{{ $('Variables').first().json.jellyfin_user_id }}/Items",
"options": {},
"sendQuery": true,
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
"queryParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "Recursive",
"value": "true"
},
{
"name": "IncludeItemTypes",
"value": "Movie,Episode"
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{
"name": "Filters",
"value": "=IsPlayed"
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"id": "7225f31f-9ccc-4b37-a2ba-69c60d489af0",
"name": "Jellyfin: delete item",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Variables').first().json.jellyfin_url }}/Items/{{ $json.media_id }}",
"method": "DELETE",
"options": {},
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"name": "Jellyfin: refresh library",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Variables').first().json.jellyfin_url }}/Library/Refresh",
"method": "POST",
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"name": "Get session id",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Variables').first().json.transmission_url }}/transmission/rpc",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "{\n \"method\": \"torrent-get\",\n \"arguments\": {\n \"fields\": [\n \"id\",\n \"name\",\n \"status\"\n ]\n }\n}",
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpBearerAuth",
"headerParameters": {
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"credentials": {
"httpBearerAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
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"name": "Extract session id",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
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"assignments": [
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"name": "sessionId",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.error.message.split('<code>')[1].split('</code>')[0].split(': ')[1] }}"
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"name": "Check all torrents",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Variables').first().json.transmission_url }}/transmission/rpc",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "{\n \"method\": \"torrent-get\",\n \"arguments\": {\n \"fields\": [\n \"id\",\n \"name\",\n \"status\"\n ]\n }\n}",
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
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"value": "={{ $json.sessionId }}"
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"name": "Split Out",
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"parameters": {
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"fieldToSplitOut": "arguments.torrents"
},
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"id": "e324d9a5-9795-4521-8cdc-a2d78a710ccd",
"name": "If torrent transferred to Jellyfin",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
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"parameters": {
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"conditions": {
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"operator": {
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"operation": "equals"
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"leftValue": "={{ $json.status }}",
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{
"id": "3acf8a6e-eefa-4ee0-aa82-c369e824772f",
"name": "Delete torrent",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Variables').first().json.transmission_url }}/transmission/rpc",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "={ \"method\": \"torrent-remove\", \"arguments\": { \"ids\": [{{ $json.id }}], \"delete-local-data\": true } }",
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
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"name": "X-Transmission-Session-Id",
"value": "={{ $('Extract session id').item.json.sessionId }}"
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"name": "Overview",
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"parameters": {
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"content": "## \ud83e\uddf9 Jellyfin & Transmission daily clean-up\n\n**Who is this for?**\nAnyone self-hosting Jellyfin + Transmission who wants watched movies and episodes automatically deleted from their library and the originating torrents removed \u2014 no manual housekeeping needed.\n\n**What it does**\nEvery morning at 07:00 this workflow:\n- Deletes all *watched* movies and episodes from Jellyfin\n- Refreshes the Jellyfin library so the UI stays clean\n- Removes all *seeding-complete* torrents (status 6) from Transmission, including their local data\n\nBoth branches run in parallel from the same trigger.\n\n---\n\n### \u2699\ufe0f How it works\n1. **Schedule Trigger** fires daily at 07:00\n2. **Variables** node holds your Jellyfin URL, user ID, and Transmission URL \u2014 edit these before activating\n3. **Jellyfin branch**: fetches all played Movies & Episodes \u2192 deletes each one \u2192 refreshes library\n4. **Transmission branch**: performs an initial request to obtain the CSRF session ID \u2192 re-requests with the session ID to list all torrents \u2192 filters for seeding-complete torrents (status = 6) \u2192 removes them with local data\n\n---\n\n### \ud83d\udee0 Setup\n1. **Jellyfin API key** \u2014 create one in Jellyfin \u2192 Dashboard \u2192 API Keys and add it as an *HTTP Header Auth* credential (`X-Emby-Token: <key>`)\n2. **Transmission** \u2014 add a *Bearer Token* HTTP credential for your Transmission instance\n3. In the **Variables** node, fill in:\n - `jellyfin_url` \u2014 e.g. `http://192.168.1.10:8096`\n - `jellyfin_user_id` \u2014 find it in Jellyfin \u2192 Dashboard \u2192 Users\n - `transmission_url` \u2014 e.g. `http://192.168.1.10:9091`\n4. Activate the workflow"
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"name": "Section - Jellyfin",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 724,
"height": 280,
"content": "### \ud83c\udfac Jellyfin: delete watched items & refresh library"
},
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"name": "Section - Transmission",
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"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"width": 700,
"height": 280,
"content": "### \ud83c\udf0a Transmission: remove completed torrents (status = 6)"
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"connections": {
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{
"node": "Jellyfin: get items",
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{
"node": "Get session id",
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}
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"node": "Extract session id",
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{
"node": "Check all torrents",
"type": "main",
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},
"Jellyfin: get items": {
"main": [
[
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}
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About this workflow
This scheduled workflow cleans up watched media in Jellyfin and removes completed torrents from Transmission by calling both APIs, deleting played items in Jellyfin, refreshing the Jellyfin library, and deleting torrents (including local data) once they reach the completed…
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