https://github.com/billiegoose/webtorrentify-link

Generate a WebTorrent-compatible .torrent from a URL
https://github.com/billiegoose/webtorrentify-link

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Generate a WebTorrent-compatible .torrent from a URL

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/billiegoose/webtorrentify-link
• Owner: billiegoose
• License: unlicense
• Created: 2017-04-07T18:26:53.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-04-19T18:26:59.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-25T12:45:54.264Z (4 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 43 KB
• Stars: 10
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# webtorrentify-link

Generate a WebTorrent-compatible .torrent from a URL

## What it does

This module will take a download URL and convert it into a .torrent file. *Warning: it downloads the URL in order to do this.* It's basically a thin wrapper around [create-torrent](https://npm.im/create-torrent) that makes sure the .torrent files satisfy certain properties.

## Features

- **Deterministic.** Assuming the file on the server hasn't changed, identical input will result in identical output.

- **WebSeeds.** It lists the source URL as a WebSeed in order to bootstrap the torrent, so it always has at least one seed.

- **WebTorrent trackers.** Client side JavaScript cannot make UDP requests, so it cannot use traditional UDP trackers. The .torrent files generated use the default tracker list from `create-torrent`, which includes both UDP and WebSocket trackers.

You might also be interested in [`webtorrentify-server`](https://npm.im/webtorrentify-server), which wraps this module in an HTTP microservice.

## Installation

```

npm install webtorrentify-link --save

```

## Usage

    var webtorrentify = require('webtorrentify-link')

    var fs = require('fs')

    

    webtorrentify('https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.10.2/node-v6.10.2-linux-x64.tar.gz')

    .then(function (buffer) {

      fs.writeFileSync('node-v6.10.2-linux-x64.tar.gz.torrent', buffer)

    })

## Changelog

1.0.5 - Add https://cors-buster-backup.now.sh/ proxy to urlList

1.0.4 - Add https://cors-buster.now.sh/ proxy to urlList

1.0.3 - Use Origin header in requests

1.0.2 - Fix link to repo

1.0.1 - Return error rather than crash for stream errors

1.0.0 - Initial commit

## License

Copyright 2017 William Hilton.

Licensed under [The Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/).