https://github.com/vijayshinva/bencode2json
A .NET Core Library for converting Bencoded Dictionaries to Json Documents
https://github.com/vijayshinva/bencode2json
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A .NET Core Library for converting Bencoded Dictionaries to Json Documents
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/vijayshinva/bencode2json
- Owner: vijayshinva
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-08-17T15:26:32.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-12-07T18:35:26.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-10T22:54:09.343Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: bencode, bencode-parser, dotnet-core, json, torrent, torrent-files
- Language: C#
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- Size: 78.1 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 3
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# Bencode2Json
A .NET Core Library for converting Bencoded Dictionaries to Json Documents
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## Overview
Bencoded dictionaries like the one shown below can easily be coverted to JSON using this library.
##### Bencode
```bencode
d5:debug4:truee
```
##### JSON
```json
{
"debug": "true"
}
```
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [License](#license)
## Installation
Install the package **Bencode2Json** from [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Bencode2Json/)
or install it from the [Package Manager Console](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/tools/package-manager-console):
```
PM> Install-Package Bencode2Json
```
## Usage
```C#
using Bencode2Json;
...
...
// BencodedData takes any Stream
var bencodedData = new BencodedData(dataStream);
var json = bencodedData.ConvertToJson();
```
## Examples
Demos in the Examples folder.
#### TorrentFileParser
This demo parses an torrent file (which is basically a bencoded dictionary) and converts it to JSON. This JSON is then passed to the popular JSON library JSON.NET for converting it into C# objects.
## Reference
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bencode
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrent_file
## License
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