torrentool
https://github.com/idlesign/torrentool
Description
The tool to work with torrent files.
Works on Python 3.7+.
Includes:
Command line interface. Requires
clickpackage to be installed.Use
pip install torrentool[cli]to install this dependency automatically.Torrent utils (file creation, read and modification).
Bencoding utils (decoder, encoder).
Using CLI
; Make .torrent out of `video.mkv`
$ torrentool torrent create /home/my/files_here/video.mkv
; Make .torrent out of entire `/home/my/files_here` dir,
; and put some open trackers announce URLs into it,
; and publish file on torrent caching service, so it is ready to share.
$ torrentool torrent create /home/my/files_here --open_trackers --cache
; Print out existing file info.
$ torrentool torrent info /home/my/some.torrentUse command line --help switch to know more.
Note
Some commands require requests package to be installed.
From your Python code
from torrentool.api import Torrent
# Reading and modifying an existing file.
my_torrent = Torrent.from_file('/home/idle/some.torrent')
my_torrent.total_size # Total files size in bytes.
my_torrent.magnet_link # Magnet link for you.
my_torrent.comment = 'Your torrents are mine.' # Set a comment.
my_torrent.to_file() # Save changes.
# Or we can create a new torrent from a directory.
new_torrent = Torrent.create_from('/home/idle/my_stuff/') # or it could have been a single file
new_torrent.announce_urls = 'udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80'
new_torrent.to_file('/home/idle/another.torrent')