{"eid":"torrentclaw","name":"TorrentClaw","domain":"torrentclaw.com","resolved_by":"domain","topics":["debrid"],"n_records":1,"best_vorder":1,"review":null,"aliases":["TorrentClaw","torrentclaw.com"],"records":[{"rid":"debrid/torrentclaw","card":{"rid":"debrid/torrentclaw","eid":"torrentclaw","topic":"debrid","slug":"torrentclaw","provider":"TorrentClaw","url":"https://torrentclaw.com/","domain":"torrentclaw.com","category":"torrent aggregator (JSON API, Torznab, RSS, Stremio addon)","tier":"free","verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","vorder":1,"grp":"usable","confidence":"documented","binding":"request-rate","identity_kind":"email","identity_basis":"stated","needs_card":0,"needs_phone":0,"needs_id":0,"needs_institution":0,"country":null,"crypto":null,"interfaces":"rest","egress_metered":0,"per_object_bytes":null,"retention_days":null,"verified_at":"2026-10-23T01:52:28.000Z","verified_basis":"live","checked_on":"2026-10-24","stale_on":"2026-11-23","n_evidence":3,"usd_month":null,"usd_per_tb_month":0.0,"summary":"Anonymous reads work and are metered: x-ratelimit-limit: 10, x-ratelimit-remaining: 9, x-ratelimit-tier: anonymous on every search response. Magnets and info...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":0},"record":{"topic":"debrid","slug":"torrentclaw","provider":"TorrentClaw","url":"https://torrentclaw.com/","category":"torrent aggregator (JSON API, Torznab, RSS, Stremio addon)","tier":"free","free_tier":{"stated":"Anonymous reads work and are metered: x-ratelimit-limit: 10, x-ratelimit-remaining: 9, x-ratelimit-tier: anonymous on every search response. Magnets and info hashes are not in the anonymous payload.","unit":"requests","metered_on":"request-count","source_url":"https://torrentclaw.com/api/v1/search?q=ubuntu&limit=3","read_on":"2026-10-23","notes":""},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable: index rows","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://torrentclaw.com/","notes":""},"retention":{"stated":"not applicable for a user: results are computed per request; the tracker's own stats are published at /api/v1/tracker-stats","days":null,"source_url":"https://torrentclaw.com/llms.txt","notes":""},"egress":{"terms":"no byte allowance on the API; .torrent files are proxied through cache services, and the swarm transfer is the client's","metered":false,"free_allowance":"none published","price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://torrentclaw.com/"},"interface":["rest"],"interface_detail":"/api/v1/search, /api/v1/torrent/{infoHash}, /api/rss/{popular,recent,search}, /api/v1/torznab (Newznab/Torznab) and /api/stremio/manifest.json. An OpenAPI 3.1 spec sits at /api/openapi.json.","endpoint":"https://torrentclaw.com/api/v1/search?q=ubuntu&limit=3","tooling":"curl or any HTTP client; Sonarr/Radarr take the Torznab URL with a key; an MCP server is published as an npm package.","chaining":"Search for a title, take the hash with a key, ask the debrid provider for a cache hit, and let the Torznab endpoint serve the automation stack.","limits":[{"kind":"request-rate","value":"10 per window for the anonymous tier, returned in-band as x-ratelimit-limit: 10 with a reset stamp 42 to 60 s ahead of the request","source":"probe:torrentclaw.com/api/v1/search"}],"limits_note":"The llms.txt says limits are per endpoint and IP-based for anonymous traffic, key-based for authenticated traffic, and that a 429 carries Retry-After. The free key raises the quota and is what unlocks magnets.","binding":"request-rate","binding_note":"Ten requests per window is the hardest published number at one search per title a 1 TiB/month pull exhausts it on every batch, so the key is not optional in practice.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"A free key is required before magnets, info hashes or .torrent downloads are returned: the response itself carries '_notice: Magnet links, info hashes, and torrent downloads require a free API key. Register at https://torrentclaw.com/register'.","country":null},"reliability_note":"The anonymous payload is metadata only, so a client that ignores the notice will spend its quota collecting rows it cannot act on; the aggregator also depends on the upstreams it names (YTS, EZTV, Knaben, Prowlarr, Bitmagnet, Torrentio, Torrents.csv and others).","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"Three live searches were executed on 2026-10-23 and the rate headers read on each; the docs were read from llms.txt and llms-full.txt. Registering for a key would settle the free tier's real quota.","evidence":[{"url":"https://torrentclaw.com/api/v1/search?q=ubuntu&limit=3","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"HTTP 200 JSON with total 7 and a _notice that magnets and info hashes need a free API key"},{"url":"https://torrentclaw.com/llms.txt","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"the endpoint list, the anonymous/free/pro tiers, and that PRO unlocks Torznab, debrid integration and custom RSS"},{"url":"https://torrentclaw.com/llms-full.txt","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"limits are per endpoint and IP-based for anonymous traffic, 429 carries Retry-After, and the free key is enough for some endpoints while anonymous is rejected on others"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-23T01:52:28.000Z","price_per_tb_month":"USD 0","notes":"The only index that publishes its anonymous quota in the response headers, which makes it the honest answer to 'what is the rate limit': 10 per window, and the object itself needs a free key. The caveat is precisely that split.","extras":{"ratelimit_limit":10,"ratelimit_tier":"anonymous","openapi":"https://torrentclaw.com/api/openapi.json","torznab":"https://torrentclaw.com/api/v1/torznab"}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:request-rate","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.price_per_tb_month","kind":"price-per-tb","num":0.0,"unit":"TB","per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":0.0,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[],"history":[],"drift":[]}]}