libtorrent Examples
Author: Arvid Norberg, arvid@rasterbar.com

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# libtorrent Examples

Author: | Arvid Norberg, arvid@rasterbar.com

Table of contents

- examples
  - dump_torrent
  - simple client
  - make_torrent

# examples

Except for the example programs in this manual, there's also a bigger example of a (little bit) more complete client, `client_test`. There are separate instructions for how to use it here if you'd like to try it. Note that building `client_test` also requires boost.regex and boost.program_options library.

## dump_torrent

This is an example of a program that will take a torrent-file as a parameter and print information about it to std out:

    #include <iostream>
    #include <fstream>
    #include <iterator>
    #include <iomanip>

    #include "libtorrent/entry.hpp"
    #include "libtorrent/bencode.hpp"
    #include "libtorrent/torrent_info.hpp"
    #include "libtorrent/lazy_entry.hpp"
    #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>

    int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    {
            using namespace libtorrent;
            using namespace boost::filesystem;

            if (argc != 2)
            {
                    std::cerr << "usage: dump_torrent torrent-file\n";
                    return 1;
            }
    #if BOOST_VERSION < 103400
            boost::filesystem::path::default_name_check(boost::filesystem::no_check);
    #endif

    #ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
            try
            {
    #endif

                    int size = file_size(argv[1]);
                    if (size > 10 * 1000000)
                    {
                            std::cerr << "file too big (" << size << "), aborting\n";
                            return 1;
                    }
                    std::vector<char> buf(size);
                    std::ifstream(argv[1], std::ios_base::binary).read(&buf[0], size);
                    lazy_entry e;
                    int ret = lazy_bdecode(&buf[0], &buf[0] + buf.size(), e);

                    if (ret != 0)
                    {
                            std::cerr << "invalid bencoding: " << ret << std::endl;
                            return 1;
                    }

                    std::cout << "\n\n----- raw info -----\n\n";
                    std::cout << e << std::endl;

                    torrent_info t(e);

                    // print info about torrent
                    std::cout << "\n\n----- torrent file info -----\n\n";
                    std::cout << "nodes:\n";
                    typedef std::vector<std::pair<std::string, int> > node_vec;
                    node_vec const& nodes = t.nodes();
                    for (node_vec::const_iterator i = nodes.begin(), end(nodes.end());
                            i != end; ++i)
                    {
                            std::cout << i->first << ":" << i->second << "\n";
                    }
                    std::cout << "trackers:\n";
                    for (std::vector<announce_entry>::const_iterator i = t.trackers().begin();
                            i != t.trackers().end(); ++i)
                    {
                            std::cout << i->tier << ": " << i->url << "\n";
                    }

                    std::cout << "number of pieces: " << t.num_pieces() << "\n";
                    std::cout << "piece length: " << t.piece_length() << "\n";
                    std::cout << "info hash: " << t.info_hash() << "\n";
                    std::cout << "comment: " << t.comment() << "\n";
                    std::cout << "created by: " << t.creator() << "\n";
                    std::cout << "files:\n";
                    int index = 0;
                    for (torrent_info::file_iterator i = t.begin_files();
                            i != t.end_files(); ++i, ++index)
                    {
                            int first = t.map_file(index, 0, 1).piece;
                            int last = t.map_file(index, i->size - 1, 1).piece;
                            std::cout << "  " << std::setw(11) << i->size
                                    << " " << i->path.string() << "[ " << first << ", "
                                    << last << " ]\n";
                    }

    #ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
            }
            catch (std::exception& e)
            {
                    std::cout << e.what() << "\n";
            }
    #endif

            return 0;
    }

## simple client

This is a simple client. It doesn't have much output to keep it simple:

    int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    {
            using namespace libtorrent;
    #if BOOST_VERSION < 103400
            namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
            fs::path::default_name_check(fs::no_check);
    #endif

    if (argc != 2)
    {
            std::cerr << "usage: ./simple_client torrent-file\n"
                    "to stop the client, press return.\n";
            return 1;
    }

    #ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
            try
    #endif
            {
                    session s;
                    s.listen_on(std::make_pair(6881, 6889));
                    add_torrent_params p;
                    p.save_path = "./";
                    p.ti = new torrent_info(argv[1]);
                    s.add_torrent(p);

                    // wait for the user to end
                    char a;
                    std::cin.unsetf(std::ios_base::skipws);
                    std::cin >> a;
            }
    #ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
            catch (std::exception& e)
            {
                    std::cout << e.what() << "\n";
            }
    #endif
            return 0;
    }

## make_torrent

Shows how to create a torrent from a directory tree:

    #include <iostream>
    #include <fstream>
    #include <iterator>
    #include <iomanip>

    #include "libtorrent/entry.hpp"
    #include "libtorrent/bencode.hpp"
    #include "libtorrent/torrent_info.hpp"
    #include "libtorrent/file.hpp"
    #include "libtorrent/storage.hpp"
    #include "libtorrent/hasher.hpp"
    #include "libtorrent/create_torrent.hpp"

    #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
    #include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
    #include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
    #include <boost/bind.hpp>

    using namespace boost::filesystem;
    using namespace libtorrent;

    // do not include files and folders whose
    // name starts with a .
    bool file_filter(boost::filesystem::path const& filename)
    {
            if (filename.leaf()[0] == '.') return false;
            std::cerr << filename << std::endl;
            return true;
    }

    void print_progress(int i, int num)
    {
            std::cerr << "\r" << (i+1) << "/" << num;
    }

    int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    {
            using namespace libtorrent;
            using namespace boost::filesystem;

            int piece_size = 256 * 1024;
            char const* creator_str = "libtorrent";

            path::default_name_check(no_check);

            if (argc != 4 && argc != 5)
            {
                    std::cerr << "usage: make_torrent <output torrent-file> "
                    "<announce url> <file or directory to create torrent from> "
                    "[url-seed]\n";
            return 1;
    }

    #ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
            try
            {
    #endif
                    file_storage fs;
                    file_pool fp;
                    path full_path = complete(path(argv[3]));

                    add_files(fs, full_path, file_filter);

                    create_torrent t(fs, piece_size);
                    t.add_tracker(argv[2]);
                    set_piece_hashes(t, full_path.branch_path()
                            , boost::bind(&print_progress, _1, t.num_pieces()));
                    std::cerr << std::endl;
                    t.set_creator(creator_str);

                    if (argc == 5) t.add_url_seed(argv[4]);

                    // create the torrent and print it to out
                    ofstream out(complete(path(argv[1])), std::ios_base::binary);
                    bencode(std::ostream_iterator<char>(out), t.generate());
    #ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
            }
            catch (std::exception& e)
            {
                    std::cerr << e.what() << "\n";
            }
    #endif

            return 0;
    }