README.md

Torrent Parser

A Go tool for parsing .torrent files (in Bencode encoding) to JSON.

Usage

Run the binary, passing in the path to a .torrent file:

go build
./torrent-parser ./data/example_torrents/big-buck-bunny.torrent

Sample output

{
    "announce": "udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969", 
    "announce-list": [
        [
            "udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969"
        ], 
        [
            "udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969"
        ], 
        [
            "udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337"
        ], 
        [
            "udp://explodie.org:6969"
        ], 
        [
            "udp://tracker.empire-js.us:1337"
        ], 
        [
            "wss://tracker.btorrent.xyz"
        ], 
        [
            "wss://tracker.openwebtorrent.com"
        ], 
        [
            "wss://tracker.fastcast.nz"
        ]
    ], 
    "comment": "WebTorrent <https://webtorrent.io>", 
    "created by": "WebTorrent <https://webtorrent.io>", 
    "creation date": 1490916601, 
    "encoding": "UTF-8", 
    "info": {
        "files": [
            {
                "length": 140, 
                "path": [
                    "Big Buck Bunny.en.srt"
                ]
            }, 
            {
                "length": 276134947, 
                "path": [
                    "Big Buck Bunny.mp4"
                ]
            }, 
            {
                "length": 310380, 
                "path": [
                    "poster.jpg"
                ]
            }
        ], 
        "name": "Big Buck Bunny", 
        "piece length": 262144, 
        "pieces": "<SHA1 hashes>"
    }, 
    "url-list": [
        "https://webtorrent.io/torrents/"
    ]
}

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT