A simple bittorrent client for node.
- .torrent support
- Resume
- Seeding
- UDP trackers
- DHT peer discovery
- Magnet links
- Add torrent via URL (file:, https:, http:, magnet:)
- Expose nice programmatic API for interacting with torrents/peers/trackers
- Share ratio
- Accurate reporting on download/upload speeds
- Limit download/upload speeds
- Persist?
var Client = require('node-torrent');
var client = new Client({logLevel: 'DEBUG'});
var torrent = client.addTorrent('a.torrent');
// when the torrent completes, move it's files to another area
torrent.on('complete', function() {
console.log('complete!');
torrent.files.forEach(function(file) {
var newPath = '/new/path/' + file.path;
fs.rename(file.path, newPath);
// while still seeding need to make sure file.path points to the right place
file.path = newPath;
});
});(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2011 Max Stewart <max.stewart@superafroman.com>
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