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Radarr integration

BitAgent's Torznab endpoint speaks Radarr's wire format natively. Add it as a Custom Indexer; no special bridge needed.

Setup

  1. Open Radarr → Settings → Indexers → Add → Torznab → Custom.
  2. Fill in the connection fields:
Field Value
Name BitAgent
Enable ✓
URL http://bitagent:3333/torznab (compose) or https://bitagent.example.com/torznab (public)
API Key your TORZNAB_API_KEY
Categories 2000 (Movies), 2030 (Movies/SD), 2040 (Movies/HD), 2050 (Movies/UHD)
Multi Languages leave blank unless you index regional releases
Priority 25–50 per your stack
  1. Click Test. Expect a green "Test was successful".
  2. Save.

[screenshot: radarr-add-indexer-form]

Radarr's movie searches typically include both q= (title) and tmdbid= parameters. BitAgent's Torznab caps declare movie-search: [q, imdbid, tmdbid], so Radarr automatically uses the more accurate ID-based query when available.

A title-only query falls back when Radarr doesn't have a TMDB ID for the movie yet (newly added, custom imports, etc.). BitAgent's classifier still parses the year + title from the release name, so accuracy stays high.

[screenshot: radarr-tmdb-search]

Categories reference

Newznab ID Radarr label Notes
2000 Movies catch-all
2030 Movies/SD < 720p
2040 Movies/HD 720p+
2045 Movies/UHD 2160p+
2050 Movies/BluRay source-tagged
2060 Movies/3D rare

[screenshot: radarr-categories-selector]

Troubleshooting

Searches return 0 results Verify in the BitAgent dashboard that the Library tab shows recent classifications tagged as movie. Empty Library means the DHT crawler hasn't found relevant content yet (typical first-day behaviour) or the classifier is mis-routing into tv_show (classifier rules need tuning — see the classifier documentation).

Custom Formats not matching BitAgent emits source/resolution/HDR tags via Torznab <info> attributes. If Radarr's Custom Format engine isn't picking them up, check that your CFs match BitAgent's exact tag names (case-sensitive). The reference table is in the Torznab API reference.

Quality Profile doesn't show expected upgrades BitAgent doesn't fabricate quality info — it parses what's in the release name. If a release is mis-tagged at the source, BitAgent inherits that. For known-bad sources, add a CEL filter rule to the classifier to suppress them.

[screenshot: radarr-custom-formats]

  • Quality Definitions — keep Radarr's defaults; they map cleanly to BitAgent's resolution tags.
  • Indexer flags — same as Sonarr.
  • Search delays — set Search Delay to 30s if you want to wait for BitAgent's classifier to finish processing very recent releases before Radarr grabs them.