A simple example of file transfer using Bittorrent protocol.
It uses bittorrent-tracker and webtorrent under the hood.
- Install dependencies:
npm install - Start a Bittorrent tracker server on port 8000:
bittorrent-tracker - Open another terminal and start seeding hello world with:
node seeder.js - Run this in another terminal:
node leecher.js
Use create-torrent and magnet-link.
npm install -g create-torrent magnet-link
Magnet hash is generated with the following command
create-torrent message | magnet-link
and then appending the other params like download name and tracker to it. So the above command gives us magnet:?xt=urn:btih:b8e8adbee320fc312e5fd71479329c3d53c40aea and we append more params to it so it uses our tracker on port 8000:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:b8e8adbee320fc312e5fd71479329c3d53c40aea&dn=message&tr=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8000%2Fannounce
You also get the same magnet link printed to the console if you run the seeder first with node seeder.js.
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