[Feature Request] NZB name = archive password

[Trickfilmjunkie]

Hello Newsbin Team,

I do have a feature request and I do hope it doesn't take too much of your time to make it happen. Is it possible to have a option, where the name of the NZB-file (without the extension .nzb) will be automatically used as password to unpack the archives?

It will come quiet handy in my case. I do feed an newsbin-running, old netbook over a dropbox-folder. I do find it much, much easier to sort unpacked directories instead of searching for passwords somewhere.

Thanks in advance.

TFJ

[Quade]

I'll have to think about it. Not sure how you'd handle multiple NZB's that way. Maybe appended to the end of the filename

"Filename Password:bla bla bla.nzb" or something like that.

[oferlaor]

I second that request.

Ideally something like filename[password].nzb

i.e., check the password if it's inside the square brackets.

[Trickfilmjunkie]

Any news on this request?

Actually the idea "DIRECTORY [password].nzb" is great ...

[Quade]

In B17, if you add the password to newsbin's password list, Newsbin will figure out which password to use when it's time to decode the files.

I thought I'd added this to my todo list. I'll add it now.

[oferlaor]

I didn't know that NBP looks through all the passwords on the list. Very cool!

[Quade]

It will in B17. It's a new feature.

[Trickfilmjunkie]

It is now very common on german usenets-boards to structure the nzb files like:

Title [password].nzb
Title {{password}}.nzb

It would be very helpfull to implement this feature by now.

Thxs4help.

[oferlaor]

I personally prefer the notation .<password>.nzb

but it there's already a set standard...

[Quade]

This feature is high on my list. I'm thinking about having it in 6.51 before release. With the way passwords work today, it won't be that hard to integrate.

[Trickfilmjunkie]

Your competition "SabNZB" did set the standard by now. The format of the nzb-files needs to be: title{{password}}.nzb. The program creates a folder named "title" and is unpacking using the password between the {{ }}.

So, there is a reader having the requested feature ... no pressure, no pressure.

[oferlaor]

why two {{ ?

Also, I think that it doesn't really matter what other NZB readers are doing... We only use NBP around here...

[Quade]

The current beta parses the filename and adds the password to the list. I don't mind people giving me shit as long as it's good natured.

You know, it's the bro-code.

Stuff like this is easy to add but, people have to ask because, nothing I download requires a password.

[oferlaor]

What is the final pattern that includes the password?

[Quade]

title{{password}}.nzb

Anything inside the double-braces is considered to be the password.