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+# Commandline Tool to stream
+
+Stream from the commandline.
+
+## Requirements
+
+* Python
+* deluge_client python package
+
+## Installation example
+
+```bash
+virtualenv cli-example
+cli-example/bin/pip install deluge_client
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Open a torrent directly in VLC on Linux or OSX.
+
+```bash
+vlc `cli-example/bin/python stream-cli.py username password my_video.torrent`
+```
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+import argparse
+import urllib
+
+from deluge_client import DelugeRPCClient
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Stream something.')
+    parser.add_argument('username', type=str, help='Deluge username')
+    parser.add_argument('password', type=str, help='Deluge password')
+    parser.add_argument('path_or_url', type=str, help='Path or URL to torrent')
+
+    parser.add_argument('--hostname', '-o', type=str, default='localhost', help='Deluge daemon hostname or ip')
+    parser.add_argument('--port', '-p', type=int, default=58846, help='Deluge daemon port')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.path_or_url.startswith('http'):
+        filedata = urllib.urlopen(args.path_or_url).read()
+    else:
+        with open(args.path_or_url, 'rb') as f:
+            filedata = f.read()
+
+    client = DelugeRPCClient(args.hostname, args.port, args.username, args.password)
+    client.connect()
+
+    result = client.streaming.stream_torrent(None, None, filedata, None, None, True)
+    print(result['url'])