Thanks you for the reply. I love NZBGet btw. lol Anyway, I found something several page into the forum someone asking about a script to do exactly what I am needing. The thread it about 4+ years old so I am wondering if that script is compatible with current versions....?
https://forum.nzbget.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1169
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Scan script for NZBGet
#
# Copyright (C) 2014 Andrey Prygunkov <
hugbug@users.sourceforge.net>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
#
##############################################################################
### NZBGET SCAN SCRIPT ###
# Pause downloads added with very low priority.
#
# NOTE: This script requires Python to be installed on your system.
### NZBGET SCAN SCRIPT ###
##############################################################################
import os
# Standard priorities
VERY_HIGH_PRIORITY=100
HIGH_PRIORITY=50
NORMAL_PRIORITY=0
LOW_PRIORITY=-50
VERY_LOW_PRIORITY=-100
# Check if the script is called from nzbget 11.0 or later
if not 'NZBOP_SCRIPTDIR' in os.environ:
print('This script is supposed to be called from nzbget (11.0 or later).')
sys.exit(R)
priority = int(os.environ['NZBNP_PRIORITY'])
if priority == VERY_LOW_PRIORITY:
print('[WARNING] %s: Pausing %s' % (os.path.basename(__file__), os.path.splitext(os.environ['NZBNP_NZBNAME'])[0]))
print('[NZB] PAUSED=1')