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🌊 Simple, robust, BitTorrent tracker (client & server) implementation
https://github.com/webtorrent/bittorrent-tracker
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🌊 Simple, robust, BitTorrent tracker (client & server) implementation
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/webtorrent/bittorrent-tracker
- Owner: webtorrent
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-03-26T08:37:20.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-26T19:19:02.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-29T12:25:47.532Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: bittorrent, bittorrent-tracker, browser, client, hacktoberfest, javascript, nodejs, server, torrent, tracker, tracker-server, webrtc, webtorrent
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://webtorrent.io
- Size: 1.05 MB
- Stars: 1,779
- Watchers: 52
- Forks: 317
- Open Issues: 14
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Authors: AUTHORS.md
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README
# bittorrent-tracker [![ci][ci-image]][ci-url] [![npm][npm-image]][npm-url] [![downloads][downloads-image]][downloads-url] [![javascript style guide][standard-image]][standard-url]
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#### Simple, robust, BitTorrent tracker (client & server) implementation
Node.js implementation of a [BitTorrent tracker](https://wiki.theory.org/BitTorrentSpecification#Tracker_HTTP.2FHTTPS_Protocol), client and server.
A **BitTorrent tracker** is a web service which responds to requests from BitTorrent
clients. The requests include metrics from clients that help the tracker keep overall
statistics about the torrent. The response includes a peer list that helps the client
participate in the torrent swarm.
This module is used by [WebTorrent](http://webtorrent.io).
## features
- Includes client & server implementations
- Supports all mainstream tracker types:
- HTTP trackers
- UDP trackers ([BEP 15](http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0015.html))
- WebTorrent trackers ([BEP forthcoming](http://webtorrent.io))
- Supports ipv4 & ipv6
- Supports tracker "scrape" extension
- Robust and well-tested
- Comprehensive test suite (runs entirely offline, so it's reliable)
- Used by popular clients: [WebTorrent](http://webtorrent.io), [peerflix](https://www.npmjs.com/package/peerflix), and [playback](https://mafintosh.github.io/playback/)
- Tracker statistics available via web interface at `/stats` or JSON data at `/stats.json`
Also see [bittorrent-dht](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bittorrent-dht).
### Tracker stats
## install
```
npm install bittorrent-tracker
```
## usage
### client
To connect to a tracker, just do this:
```js
import Client from 'bittorrent-tracker'
const requiredOpts = {
infoHash: new Buffer('012345678901234567890'), // hex string or Buffer
peerId: new Buffer('01234567890123456789'), // hex string or Buffer
announce: [], // list of tracker server urls
port: 6881 // torrent client port, (in browser, optional)
}
const optionalOpts = {
// RTCPeerConnection config object (only used in browser)
rtcConfig: {},
// User-Agent header for http requests
userAgent: '',
// Custom webrtc impl, useful in node to specify [wrtc](https://npmjs.com/package/wrtc)
wrtc: {},
getAnnounceOpts: function () {
// Provide a callback that will be called whenever announce() is called
// internally (on timer), or by the user
return {
uploaded: 0,
downloaded: 0,
left: 0,
customParam: 'blah' // custom parameters supported
}
},
// Proxy options (used to proxy requests in node)
proxyOpts: {
// For WSS trackers this is always a http.Agent
// For UDP trackers this is an object of options for the Socks Connection
// For HTTP trackers this is either an undici Agent if using Node16 or later, or http.Agent if using versions prior to Node 16, ex:
// import Socks from 'socks'
// proxyOpts.socksProxy = new Socks.Agent(optionsObject, isHttps)
// or if using Node 16 or later
// import { socksDispatcher } from 'fetch-socks'
// proxyOpts.socksProxy = socksDispatcher(optionsObject)
socksProxy: new SocksProxy(socksOptionsObject),
// Populated with socksProxy if it's provided
httpAgent: new http.Agent(agentOptionsObject),
httpsAgent: new https.Agent(agentOptionsObject)
},
}
const client = new Client(requiredOpts)
client.on('error', function (err) {
// fatal client error!
console.log(err.message)
})
client.on('warning', function (err) {
// a tracker was unavailable or sent bad data to the client. you can probably ignore it
console.log(err.message)
})
// start getting peers from the tracker
client.start()
client.on('update', function (data) {
console.log('got an announce response from tracker: ' + data.announce)
console.log('number of seeders in the swarm: ' + data.complete)
console.log('number of leechers in the swarm: ' + data.incomplete)
})
client.once('peer', function (addr) {
console.log('found a peer: ' + addr) // 85.10.239.191:48623
})
// announce that download has completed (and you are now a seeder)
client.complete()
// force a tracker announce. will trigger more 'update' events and maybe more 'peer' events
client.update()
// provide parameters to the tracker
client.update({
uploaded: 0,
downloaded: 0,
left: 0,
customParam: 'blah' // custom parameters supported
})
// stop getting peers from the tracker, gracefully leave the swarm
client.stop()
// ungracefully leave the swarm (without sending final 'stop' message)
client.destroy()
// scrape
client.scrape()
client.on('scrape', function (data) {
console.log('got a scrape response from tracker: ' + data.announce)
console.log('number of seeders in the swarm: ' + data.complete)
console.log('number of leechers in the swarm: ' + data.incomplete)
console.log('number of total downloads of this torrent: ' + data.downloaded)
})
```
### server
To start a BitTorrent tracker server to track swarms of peers:
```js
import { Server } from 'bittorrent-tracker'
// Or import Server from 'bittorrent-tracker/server'
const server = new Server({
udp: true, // enable udp server? [default=true]
http: true, // enable http server? [default=true]
ws: true, // enable websocket server? [default=true]
stats: true, // enable web-based statistics? [default=true]
trustProxy: false, // enable trusting x-forwarded-for header for remote IP [default=false]
filter: function (infoHash, params, cb) {
// Blacklist/whitelist function for allowing/disallowing torrents. If this option is
// omitted, all torrents are allowed. It is possible to interface with a database or
// external system before deciding to allow/deny, because this function is async.
// It is possible to block by peer id (whitelisting torrent clients) or by secret
// key (private trackers). Full access to the original HTTP/UDP request parameters
// are available in `params`.
// This example only allows one torrent.
const allowed = (infoHash === 'aaa67059ed6bd08362da625b3ae77f6f4a075aaa')
if (allowed) {
// If the callback is passed `null`, the torrent will be allowed.
cb(null)
} else {
// If the callback is passed an `Error` object, the torrent will be disallowed
// and the error's `message` property will be given as the reason.
cb(new Error('disallowed torrent'))
}
}
})
// Internal http, udp, and websocket servers exposed as public properties.
server.http
server.udp
server.ws
server.on('error', function (err) {
// fatal server error!
console.log(err.message)
})
server.on('warning', function (err) {
// client sent bad data. probably not a problem, just a buggy client.
console.log(err.message)
})
server.on('listening', function () {
// fired when all requested servers are listening
// HTTP
const httpAddr = server.http.address()
const httpHost = httpAddr.address !== '::' ? httpAddr.address : 'localhost'
const httpPort = httpAddr.port
console.log(`HTTP tracker: http://${httpHost}:${httpPort}/announce`)
// UDP
const udpAddr = server.udp.address()
const udpHost = udpAddr.address
const udpPort = udpAddr.port
console.log(`UDP tracker: udp://${udpHost}:${udpPort}`)
// WS
const wsAddr = server.ws.address()
const wsHost = wsAddr.address !== '::' ? wsAddr.address : 'localhost'
const wsPort = wsAddr.port
console.log(`WebSocket tracker: ws://${wsHost}:${wsPort}`)
})
// start tracker server listening! Use 0 to listen on a random free port.
const port = 0
const hostname = "localhost"
server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
// Do something on listening...
})
// listen for individual tracker messages from peers:
server.on('start', function (addr) {
console.log('got start message from ' + addr)
})
server.on('complete', function (addr) {})
server.on('update', function (addr) {})
server.on('stop', function (addr) {})
// get info hashes for all torrents in the tracker server
Object.keys(server.torrents)
// get the number of seeders for a particular torrent
server.torrents[infoHash].complete
// get the number of leechers for a particular torrent
server.torrents[infoHash].incomplete
// get the peers who are in a particular torrent swarm
server.torrents[infoHash].peers
```
The http server will handle requests for the following paths: `/announce`, `/scrape`. Requests for other paths will not be handled.
## multi scrape
Scraping multiple torrent info is possible with a static `Client.scrape` method:
```js
import Client from 'bittorrent-tracker'
// Or import Client from 'bittorrent-tracker/client'
Client.scrape({ announce: announceUrl, infoHash: [ infoHash1, infoHash2 ]}, function (err, results) {
results[infoHash1].announce
results[infoHash1].infoHash
results[infoHash1].complete
results[infoHash1].incomplete
results[infoHash1].downloaded
// ...
})
````
## command line
Install `bittorrent-tracker` globally:
```sh
$ npm install -g bittorrent-tracker
```
Easily start a tracker server:
```sh
$ bittorrent-tracker
http server listening on 8000
udp server listening on 8000
ws server listening on 8000
```
Lots of options:
```sh
$ bittorrent-tracker --help
bittorrent-tracker - Start a bittorrent tracker server
Usage:
bittorrent-tracker [OPTIONS]
If no --http, --udp, or --ws option is supplied, all tracker types will be started.
Options:
-p, --port [number] change the port [default: 8000]
--trust-proxy trust 'x-forwarded-for' header from reverse proxy
--interval client announce interval (ms) [default: 600000]
--http enable http server
--udp enable udp server
--ws enable websocket server
-q, --quiet only show error output
-s, --silent show no output
-v, --version print the current version
```
## license
MIT. Copyright (c) [Feross Aboukhadijeh](https://feross.org) and [WebTorrent, LLC](https://webtorrent.io).