bt-fetch-torrent

bt-fetch-torrent

bt-fetch-torrent is a module that webtorrent and adds BEP 46(by using another module called bt-fetch-property)

bt-fetch-torrent manages and handles everything when it comes to torrents, every torrent that has an address/public key, will be updated and put back into the dht

const BTFetchTorrent = require("bt-fetch-property") the line above imports BTFetchTorrent

const btfetchTorrent = new BTFetchTorrent(folder, storage, files, external, internal, timeout, share, current, initial) the options are optional and not required folder: the main directory, all data will be saved inside sub-directories of this main directory, string storage: the name of the subdirectory which will hold the data for torrents, will look like folder/storage, string files: the name of the subdirectory which will hold publishing data for BEP 46 torrents, string external: the name of the sub-directory of the storage folder which will hold non-user-created torrent data, will look like folder/storage/external, string internal: the name of the sub-directory of the storage folder which will hold user-created torrent data, will look like folder/storage/internal, string timeout: number of milliseconds to wait until canceling downloading torrents, number share: if non-user created torrents should start on start up, boolean current: if non-user created BEP46 torrents should only keep it's current associated infohash or if it will keep the older infohashes as well, boolean initial: if user created torrents should start on start up, boolean

btfetchTorrent.ownTitle(title) Promise used to seed a non-BEP46 torrent that has been previously created by the user already title: the md5 hash that is also the name of the directory that holds the data for the torrent, string once this promise resolves, it will give you the torrent(torrent will have the following added properties: title, side, folder)

btfetchTorrent.ownAddress(address) Promise used to seed a BEP46 torrent that has been previously created by the user already address: the public key that is also the name of the directory that holds the data for the torrent, string once the promise resolves, it will give you the torrent(torrent will have the following added properties: address, side, folder, sequence, and others)

btfetchTorrent.loadHash(hash) Promise used to get a non-BEP46 torrent hash: the 40 character infohash for the torrent that you are wanting once the promise resolve, it will give you the torrent(torrent will have the following properties: title, side folder)

btfetchTorrent.publishTitle(folder) Promise used to create a new non-BEP46 torrent by the user folder: directory that holds the data which you want to seed once the promise resolve, it will give you the torrent(torrent will have the following properties: title, side folder)

btfetchTorrent.loadAddress(address) Promise

btfetchTorrent.publishAddress(folder, keypair) Promise

more to come