How do i create Magnet Links in the command line?

[magnetfan]

Hello!

I'm looking for a tool or script that let's me create a magnet link from a .torrent file.
I'm using a Linux system. Ideally it would be command line only.

How does TPB do that?
Any tips?

Thanks for your help.

[kjf]

The core of a magnet link is the torrent hash, which is the SHA1 value of a torrent's info dictionary.

If you have a particular language you like, you can probably find existing scripts for working with torrents. If not, the torrenteditor API is a good place to start: http://torrenteditor.com/api.php

That takes care of 99% of what you need. Read in the torrent file and call getHash() on it. Add any of the optional parameters to the URI that you like.

PHP Code:

require_once 'torrent.php';

$torr = new Torrent;

$torr->load(file_get_contents('/path/to/torrent/file'))

$hash = $torr->getHash();
$name = $torr->getName();
$trackers = $torr->getTrackers();

$magnet_link = 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:' . $hash . ' &dn=' . rawurlencode($name);

foreach ($trackers as $t) $magnet_link .= '&tr=' . rawurlencode($t);

exit("$magnet_link\n"); 


[magnetfan]

The core of a magnet link is the torrent hash, which is the SHA1 value of a torrent's info dictionary.

If you have a particular language you like, you can probably find existing scripts for working with torrents. If not, the torrenteditor API is a good place to start: http://torrenteditor.com/api.php

That takes care of 99% of what you need. Read in the torrent file and call getHash() on it. Add any of the optional parameters to the URI that you like.

PHP Code:

require_once 'torrent.php';

$torr = new Torrent;

$torr->load(file_get_contents('/path/to/torrent/file'))

$hash = $torr->getHash();
$name = $torr->getName();
$trackers = $torr->getTrackers();

$magnet_link = 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:' . $hash . ' &dn=' . rawurlencode($name);

foreach ($trackers as $t) $magnet_link .= '&tr=' . rawurlencode($t);

exit("$magnet_link\n"); 


Thanks kjf!
I'll give it a shot.