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bittorrent-sync
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A simple wrapper for the BitTorrent Sync API.
$ npm install bittorrent-sync
var BTSync = require('bittorrent-sync');
var btsync = new BTSync({
host: 'localhost',
port: 8888,
username: 'myusername',
password: 'mypassword',
timeout: 10000
});
btsync.getFolders(function(err, data) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(data);
});
btsync.addFolder({
dir: '/btsync/data/folder1'
}, function(err, data) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(data);
});
getFolders
addFolder
removeFolder
getFiles
setFilePrefs
getFolderPeers
getSecrets
getFolderPrefs
setFolderPrefs
getFolderHosts
setFolderHosts
getPrefs
setPrefs
getOs
getVersion
getSpeed
shutdown
Full API documentation can be found on the BitTorrent Sync Website
Node BitTorrent Sync is licensed under the MIT License.
FAQs
A simple wrapper for the BitTorrent Sync API
The npm package bittorrent-sync receives a total of 4 weekly downloads. As such, bittorrent-sync popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that bittorrent-sync demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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