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Magnet is a URI scheme standard for Magnet links, which mainly refer to resources available for download via peer-to-peer networks.

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Is there any way to convert a torrent file to magnet link?

Recently, I'm doing things related to magnet link. What I want to do is to convert a torrent file to magnet link. I've tried given-a-torrent-file-how-do-i-generate-a-magnet-link-in-python, but get an error when issuing command metadata =…
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Using a magnet uri in Scala to download a file

I'm wanting to include some bittorrent features in my Scala app. I want to use magnet links exclusively if I can for their ease of use. The issue is I'd like to use a prebuilt library like ttorrent. But, I found these libs don't use magnet links,…
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Getting Info from a Magnet Uri

I am attempting to extract information from a magnet uri. For example I want to know the filename and the size of the file from a magnet uri. I know this can be done just by looking at the url and checking the dn and xl parameters of the magnet…
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How do I launch a dialog to open a program from another program?

When you click on a magnet link in a modern web browser a dialog will open letting you select your torrent client of choice (usually the default) to open the magnet link. But say I have a program I wrote that displays magnet links within it. What…
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Security message on Windows 10 magnet link

I'm working on a WPF/C# application who are exposing commands to be called called by magnet link. Our application create registry key when msi in installed but, when we use the magnet link, we have a security message each time, even if we check…
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Yahoo Pipes - Prevent escaping text of a node

I'm writing a pipe to remap a few nodes in an RSS feed. Recently a new torrent namespace was created and is being used on some sites that provide bittorrent feeds. The torrent node for each item in the feed contains magnet /URI's and I'm trying to…
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Libtorrent: Add multiple tracker in magnet_link uri

I am trying to use multiple tracker in libtorrent. I am using magnet_link instead of torrent file directly in leechers. While seeding I am able to add multiple tracker in add_tracker(). But when I am generating magnet_link like: magnet_link =…
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Python/Libtorrent: Retrieve metadata from a magnet link without downloading files

I'm trying to just get the torrent name or a list of files in the torrent without actually downloading them. This is my current code, it is functional but slow, as it downloads the torrent contents. import libtorrent as lt import time ses =…
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Java: validate magnet-link

I'm looking for some validator for magnet-link in Java, something like UrlValidator from Apache Commons Validator project for HTTP URLs, but all what I found is approaches with regular expressions. As another one option I see - to use some torrent…
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C# MagnetLink to torrent file

I am going crazy right now. Since all other questions are several years old and the MonoTorrent developers have gone MIA I really need your help. What I am really stuck with is parsing the magnet link and downloading it. This is my code: public…
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Modify Torrent file when clients are using it, possible?

I trying to build an application that is using the torrent technology to make it easier to share the files between friends. The question are, is it possible to modify a torrent at runtime and that everyone using the torrent then are possible to…
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Add torrent with label by magnetic link using UTorrentAPI

I have a magnetic link to a torrent. So I add the torrent to uTorrent using AddUrl method: using(var client = new UTorrentClient(apiurl, userName, password)) client.Torrents.AddUrl(magneticLink, savePath); But I want to assign a specific label…
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Clarification on magnets URI

I did a bit of research around magnets and wanted to make some. Magnet should only be a hash of a file that will be found on DHT nodes to be downloaded afterward. What I don't understand is, if it was that simple, how is it that I'm unable to seed a…
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Magnet Link with .NET and WPF

I'm just looking for a sample project to get an idea for how I should implement my application. Just like in torrent files, I want to open and fire an event in a WPF application via a Website link. How do I do this ?
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Linux torrent client that can add magnet links via bash

I am trying to make a system that enables me to start a torrent download on my Raspberry Pi. Currently, I have a python program running on my laptop, which transmits a magnet link over TCP to my Raspberry Pi. So, I have a magnet link on my Pi, with…
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