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qBittorrent comes with a few search plugins. Although these are enough for most users, if you wish to add more search engines, you can download Prowlarr configure the prowlarr qBittorrent plugin (essentially, set the API key).

prowlarr is a server program that provides support for more than 400 torrent sites (public and private). You may download the plugin at this address.

Disable the prowlarr plugin

By default, the prowlarr plugin is enabled in qBittorrent. If you want to disable it, follow these steps:

1. In the Search tab, click the Search plugins... button (bottom-right)
2. Right click on the prowlarr plugin
3. Uncheck the Enabled checkbox
4. Close the modal window

Configuration file

The prowlarr plugin uses an external configuration file. This allows to update the plugin without losing the settings.

The file prowlarr.json should be located in the qBittorrent search engines folder:

• Windows: %localappdata%\qBittorrent\nova3\engines\
• Linux: ~/.local/share/data/qBittorrent/nova3/engines/, or ~/.local/share/qBittorrent/nova3/engines/, or ~/.var/app/org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent/data/qBittorrent/nova3/engines if using Flatpak
• OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/qBittorrent/nova3/engines/

Note: If the file doesn't exist, you can create it by copying the following JSON:

{
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE", 
    "tracker_first": false, 
    "url": "http://127.0.0.1:9696"
}

Note 3: Remember to start prowlarr first. :)

Note 4: If running qBittorrent headless and using the web page on a remote server, prowlarr needs to be configured to allow remote calls and its IP. Eg:

$ cat config/data/qBittorrent/nova3/engines/prowlarr.json
{
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
    "tracker_first": false,
    "url": "http://yourserverip:9696"
}

Configuration properties

Property	Default value	Description
api_key	YOUR_API_KEY_HERE	prowlarr API Key (you can find it int Settings > General > Security)
tracker_first	false	(false/true) add tracker name to the beginning of search result
url	http://127.0.0.1:9696	prowlarr URL (without the end slash)

API Key in prowlarr web UI:

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