anonymoussystems/torbox-tinfoil-server repository overview

⁠About

The TorBox Tinfoil Server allows you to easily set up your own custom Tinfoil shop of curated items downloaded from TorBox. This allows you to use TorBox as a repository rather than storing your files on your own server, or relying on someone else to download them for you.

⁠Important Notice

TorBox does not allow piracy or condone it in any way. This is meant to be used with games you own and have the rights to.

⁠Requirements

1. A TorBox account. Can be a free or premium account but keep in mind free accounts have restrictions. Sign up here⁠.
2. A server or computer that can run Python or has administrator access (only necessary for Docker installation).
3. A Nintendo Switch that has Tinfoil installed.

⁠Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file.

TORBOX_API_KEY Your TorBox API key used to authenticate you with TorBox. You can find this here⁠. This is required to use this server.

AUTH_USERNAME The login username when adding your server to Tinfoil. Default is: admin

AUTH_PASSWORD The login password when adding your server to Tinfoil. Default is: adminadmin

PORT The port that the server will run on. Usually no need to change this. If you do change this and are using Docker, change your port, such as -p 9000:9000 Default is: 8000

SWITCH_UID *The specific switch UID which you want to lock the server to. The server will not accept any requests from any other switch, even if the username and password is correct. Usually not needed. This is left blank by default. You can get this from looking at the logs. Make sure not to set this on first creation, so you can get your UID.

⁠Connection Details

Connection details will vary depending on how you want to expose your server/computer as well as access the TorBox Tinfoil Server.

Protocol: http unless you know what you are doing.

Host: This will be your server/computer's local IP. You can get this by checking your router, or by running ipconfig in a terminal. This will show all of your network interfaces. Usually it will look like 192.168.X.X or 10.X.X.X or 172.16.X.X. Get this exact address. For example, 192.168.1.2. This can also be your WAN IP or public IP, which you can find by going here⁠

Port: The PORT environment variable, as seen above. If you change this, make sure to update your connection details in Tinfoil. Default is 8000.

Path: No need to change this. Keep blank.

Username: The AUTH_USERNAME environment variable, as seen above. If you change this, make sure to update your connection details in Tinfoil. Default is admin.

Password: The AUTH_PASSWORD environment variable, as seen above. If you change this, make sure to update your connection details in Tinfoil. Default is adminadmin.

Title: Anything you like. We like to keep it simple with TorBox Tinfoil Server.

Enabled: YES

⁠Running on Docker (recommended)

1. Make sure you have Docker installed on your server/computer. If on a server, you can find instructions here⁠ (you can change your distribution in the guide). If on a computer, you can find instructions here⁠ (you can change your computer type on the left side).
2. Edit the below Docker command with your proper environment variables and options.

docker run -it -d \
    -p 8000:8000 \
    -e TORBOX_API_KEY=<EDIT_THIS_KEY> \
    -e AUTH_USERNAME=admin \
    -e AUTH_PASSWORD=adminadmin \
    -e PORT=8000 \
    anonymoussystems/torbox-tinfoil-server:latest

or if you prefer Docker compose, this is the yaml, also found here⁠.

name: torbox-tinfoil-server
services:
    torbox-tinfoil-server:
        stdin_open: true
        tty: true
        ports:
            - 8000:8000
        environment:
            - TORBOX_API_KEY=<EDIT_THIS_KEY>
            - AUTH_USERNAME=admin
            - AUTH_PASSWORD=adminadmin
            - PORT=8000
        image: anonymoussystems/torbox-tinfoil-server:latest

1. Connect using the connection details found above from Tinfoil.

⁠Running Locally (no Docker)

1. Make sure you have Python installed. Anything from v3.6 should be okay.
2. Download or git clone this repository.

git clone https://github.com/TorBox-App/torbox-tinfoil-server.git

or download repository zip here⁠ and extract the files.

1. Create a .env file or rename .env.example to .env.
2. Edit or add in your environment variables to the .env file.
3. Install the requirements.

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

1. If planning to run over the internet, make sure port 8000 is open. You may also edit this port using the PORT environment variable.
2. Run the main.py script.

python3 main.py

1. Connect using the connection details found above from Tinfoil.

⁠Support

For support, email [email protected]⁠ or join our Discord server here⁠. We will not give sources or help with piracy in any way. This is for technical support only.

⁠Contributing

Contributions are always welcome!

Please make sure to follow Conventional Commits⁠ when creating commit messages. We will authorize most pull requests, so don't hesistate to help out!