How do I detect if uTorrent is downloading?

Question

I need to write a script that determines whether or not uTorrent is currently downloading something. I'd rather it just be downloading, but if I cannot differentiate between downloading and uploading then it would be better than nothing.

One possible way would be check the whether any files ending in .!ut are locked - but I'm hoping for something a little more elegant.

My weapon of choice is VBScript but I'm happy to use DOS commands if needs be.

Any suggestions, recommendations or pointers would be appreciated.

Answer 1

To elaborate on iglvzx's comment, you can use uTorrent's Web API to get a list of active torrents. To use the API, all you have to do is enable it in the settings. Then, it's a simple HTTP GET call - can be to local host if your script runs on the same machine.