DocsRemote Control & API
Control Rclone using a standard HTTP API.
Besides the command-line interface, Rclone also provides a standard HTTP API.
This API can be used to control Rclone from other applications.
Daemon
Enabling the HTTP server is done by starting rclone rcd in daemon mode.
To enable it, start rclone with the --rc flag.
rclone rcd --rc-addr="localhost:5572"This will start the server on port 5572.
You can then access the API at http://localhost:5572/.
Authentication
The API is not authenticated by default.
You can authenticate with the API using the --rc-user and --rc-pass flags.
rclone --rc --rc-user=admin --rc-pass=passwordCORS
If you call the API from a browser, make sure to setup CORS properly.
You can do that with the --cors-origins flag.
rclone --rc --cors-origins=*Examples
Making a request to the API is as simple as making any POST request.
You can use any HTTP client you want, but here are some examples using some popular libraries.
cURL
curl -X POST http://localhost:5572/How is this guide?