Requests & auto-approve
People can ask for a movie or show from the app (Requests → Find something). If you run Radarr or Sonarr, the server hands approved requests to them, and when the files land in your library the title downloads to the requester's computer on its own.
Connect Radarr and Sonarr
In Admin → Integrations, enter each one's address (as the server reaches it) and its API key (Settings → General in Radarr or Sonarr). The keys stay on your server; the apps never see them. Request profiles set the quality profile, root folder and tags a request uses.
Who can request
Members can request by default; guests can't. To change it for one person, open them in Admin → People and switch Can request titles.
Approving requests
Requests wait in Admin → Requests, where you approve or decline them with a note. Once approved, the requester can follow along: waiting for a release, downloading, then available.
Requests that are approved automatically
Some people's requests can skip the queue and go straight to Radarr or Sonarr with the default profile.
- Per person: open them in Admin → People and turn on Requests are approved automatically.
- Defaults for new accounts, in Admin → Settings → Requests:
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| The owner's and admins' requests are approved automatically | On |
| New members' requests are approved automatically | Off, so an admin approves each one |
People who are already on the server keep their own setting when you change a default. The first time a server runs a version with these settings, the owner and existing admins are switched on. Making someone an admin (or a member again) gives them the default for their new role.
Planning a movie night for a title that isn't in the library can request it too, following the planner's own setting.