From aea167f046ef6eb8f87796d97b919d9bb4d2cf35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ignaz Kraft <ignaz.k@live.de>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 16:40:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Log into qBittorrent using HTTP-POST

---
 server/services/qBittorrent/clientRequestManager.ts | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/services/qBittorrent/clientRequestManager.ts b/server/services/qBittorrent/clientRequestManager.ts
index 597abbb88..1faca82dd 100644
--- a/server/services/qBittorrent/clientRequestManager.ts
+++ b/server/services/qBittorrent/clientRequestManager.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import {URLSearchParams} from 'url';
+
 import axios from 'axios';
 import FormData from 'form-data';
 
@@ -59,12 +61,13 @@ class ClientRequestManager {
     const {url, username, password} = connectionSettings;
 
     return axios
-      .get(`${url}/api/v2/auth/login`, {
-        params: {
+      .post(
+        `${url}/api/v2/auth/login`,
+        new URLSearchParams({
           username,
           password,
-        },
-      })
+        }),
+      )
       .then((res) => {
         const cookies = res.headers['set-cookie'];