magnet-link

Get a magnet link from a torrent file.

Read more about the magnet URI scheme at the magnet-uri project website.

Install

npm install magnet-link

Usage

Node

var magnetLink = require('magnet-link')

magnetLink('http://my-server.com/file.torrent', function (err, link) {
  if (err) throw err
  console.log(link)
  // you got a magnet link from a remote torrent file
})

magnetLink('mydir/file.torrent', function (err, link) {
  if (err) throw err
  console.log(link)
  // you got a magnet link from a local torrent file
})

The result is a string that looks like this.

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:[torrent-info-hash]

CLI

There is also a command-line interface available if you install it with -g.

npm install -g magnet-link

This installs a program called magnet-link that you simply pass a torrent file or url.

magnet-link http://my-server.com/file.torrent

This will print the magnet link to the terminal.

Pipes

You can also pipe the contents of a torrent file to magnet-link:

cat file.torrent | magnet-link
magnet-link < file.torrent

This way it can be paired with create-torrent:

create-torrent . | magnet-link

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please read the contributing guidelines before getting started.

License

ISC

magnet-link change log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

1.1.3 - 2018-02-14

Fixes

• deps: remove dumb typo

1.1.2 - 2018-02-14

Maintenance

• update package metadata
• update documentation
• update contributing guidelines
• update license
• update dependencies
• update dev dependencies
• update tests

1.1.1 - 2016-02-07

• allow for piping without - option

1.1.0 - 2016-02-07

• make bin/cli.js executable (chmod +x)
• make torrent file contents pipable to magnet-link -

1.0.4 - 2015-04-07

• renamed scripts to test since it only contains test script
• various sundry readme updates
• improved test script task
• update dependencies
• add CONTRIBUTING.md
• update .travis.yml to use docker & cache node_modules

1.0.3 - 2015-01-28

• improve test coverage
• move cli.js to bin
• specify files for distribution

1.0.2 - 2015-01-28

• fix travis badge

1.0.1 - 2015-01-28

• use standard for npm test
• use fixpack for true insanity
• add .travis.yml
• add tests
• fix a rather serious error in index

1.0.0 - 2015-01-23

• first!