bep9-metadata-dl

bep9-metadata-dl

Download the metadata from peers using infohash only

This module uses bittorrent-protocol, ut_metadata and torrent-discovery modules of WebTorrent to download the info-dictionary part of a .torrent file using infohash of magnet links only.

features

• simple API
• find peers from the DHT network
• support callbacks and Promise

install

npm install bep9-metadata-dl

API

fetchMetadata(infohash, [opts], [callbackFn])

fetchMetadata.fromPeer(infohash, peerAddress, [opts], [callbackFn])

Optional options are:

{ 
  maxConns: 10,           // Maximum connections to peers, (default=5) 
  fetchTimeout: 30000,    // A timer scheduled to keep looking for metadata (default=20000)
  socketTimeout: 5000     // Sets the socket to timeout after inactivity (default=5000)
}

Example:

const fetchMetadata = require('bep9-metadata-dl');

// infohash of ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64.iso
const INFO_HASH = '90289fd34dfc1cf8f316a268add8354c85334458'; 

fetchMetadata(INFO_HASH, { maxConns: 10, fetchTimeout: 30000, socketTimeout: 5000 },
  (err, metadata) => {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
    return;
  }
  console.log(`[Callback] ${metadata.name.toString('utf-8')}`);
});

Or Promise based:

const fetchMetadata = require('bep9-metadata-dl');

// infohash of ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64.iso
const INFO_HASH = '90289fd34dfc1cf8f316a268add8354c85334458'; 

fetchMetadata(INFO_HASH, { maxConns: 10, fetchTimeout: 30000, socketTimeout: 5000 })
.then(metadata => {
  console.log(`[Promise] ${metadata.name.toString('utf-8')}`);
}).catch(err => {
  console.log(err);
});

Download directly from a peer:

const fetchMetadata = require('bep9-metadata-dl');

// infohash of ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64.iso
const INFO_HASH = '90289fd34dfc1cf8f316a268add8354c85334458'; 

fetchMetadata.fromPeer(INFO_HASH, '88.166.72.111:5', { timeout: 5000 }, 
  (err, metadata) => {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
    return;
  }
  console.log(`[Callback] ${metadata.name.toString('utf-8')}`);
});

Download directly from a peer, Promise based:

const fetchMetadata = require('bep9-metadata-dl');

// infohash of ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64.iso
const INFO_HASH = '90289fd34dfc1cf8f316a268add8354c85334458'; 

fetchMetadata.fromPeer(INFO_HASH, '88.166.72.111:5', { timeout: 5000 })
.then(metadata => {
  console.log(`[Promise] ${metadata.name.toString('utf-8')}`);
}).catch(err => {
  console.log(err);
});

License

MIT. Copyright (c) Hong Yan.