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<h1><span>Rasterbar Software</span></h1>
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<h2><span>Software developement and consulting</span></h2>
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<h1 class="title">creating torrents</h1>
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<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Author:</th>
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<td>Arvid Norberg, <a class="last reference external" href="mailto:arvid@rasterbar.com">arvid@rasterbar.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Version:</th>
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<td>1.0.0</td></tr>
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<p class="topic-title first">Table of contents</p>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#overview" id="id2">overview</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#high-level-example" id="id3">high level example</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#add-files" id="id4">add_files</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#set-piece-hashes" id="id5">set_piece_hashes()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#file-storage" id="id6">file_storage</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#add-file" id="id7">add_file()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#hash-symlink-mtime-file-path-file-size-pad-file-at" id="id8">hash() symlink() mtime() file_path() file_size() pad_file_at()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#file-base-set-file-base" id="id9">file_base() set_file_base()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#create-torrent" id="id10">create_torrent</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#id1" id="id11">create_torrent()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#generate" id="id12">generate()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#set-comment" id="id13">set_comment()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#set-creator" id="id14">set_creator()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#set-hash" id="id15">set_hash()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#set-file-hash" id="id16">set_file_hash()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#add-url-seed-add-http-seed" id="id17">add_url_seed() add_http_seed()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#add-node" id="id18">add_node()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#add-tracker" id="id19">add_tracker()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#set-root-cert" id="id20">set_root_cert()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#set-priv-priv" id="id21">set_priv() priv()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#merkle-tree" id="id22">merkle_tree()</a></li>
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<h1>overview</h1>
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<p>This section describes the functions and classes that are used
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to create torrent files. It is a layered API with low level classes
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and higher level convenience functions. A torrent is created in 4
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steps:</p>
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<ol class="arabic simple">
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<li>first the files that will be part of the torrent are determined.</li>
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<li>the torrent properties are set, such as tracker url, web seeds,
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DHT nodes etc.</li>
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<li>Read through all the files in the torrent, SHA-1 all the data
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and set the piece hashes.</li>
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<li>The torrent is bencoded into a file or buffer.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>If there are a lot of files and or deep directoy hierarchies to
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traverse, step one can be time consuming.</p>
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<p>Typically step 3 is by far the most time consuming step, since it
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requires to read all the bytes from all the files in the torrent.</p>
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<p>All of these classes and functions are declared by including
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<tt class="docutils literal">libtorrent/create_torrent.hpp</tt>.</p>
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<div class="section" id="high-level-example">
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<h1>high level example</h1>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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file_storage fs;
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// recursively adds files in directories
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add_files(fs, "./my_torrent");
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create_torrent t(fs);
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t.add_tracker("http://my.tracker.com/announce");
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t.set_creator("libtorrent example");
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// reads the files and calculates the hashes
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set_piece_hashes(t, ".");
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ofstream out("my_torrent.torrent", std::ios_base::binary);
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bencode(std::ostream_iterator<char>(out), t.generate());
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</pre>
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<div class="section" id="add-files">
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<h1>add_files</h1>
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template <class Pred>
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void add_files(file_storage& fs, std::string const& path, Pred p
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, boost::uint32_t flags = 0);
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template <class Pred>
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void add_files(file_storage& fs, std::wstring const& path, Pred p
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, boost::uint32_t flags = 0);
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void add_files(file_storage& fs, std::string const& path
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, boost::uint32_t flags = 0);
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void add_files(file_storage& fs, std::wstring const& path
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, boost::uint32_t flags = 0);
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<p>Adds the file specified by <tt class="docutils literal">path</tt> to the <tt class="docutils literal">file_storage</tt> object. In case <tt class="docutils literal">path</tt>
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refers to a diretory, files will be added recursively from the directory.</p>
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<p>If specified, the predicate <tt class="docutils literal">p</tt> is called once for every file and directory that
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is encountered. files for which <tt class="docutils literal">p</tt> returns true are added, and directories for
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which <tt class="docutils literal">p</tt> returns true are traversed. <tt class="docutils literal">p</tt> must have the following signature:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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bool Pred(std::string const& p);
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</pre>
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<p>and for the wide string version:</p>
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bool Pred(std::wstring const& p);
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<p>The path that is passed in to the predicate is the full path of the file or
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directory. If no predicate is specified, all files are added, and all directories
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are traveresed.</p>
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<p>The ".." directory is never traversed.</p>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">flags</tt> argument should be the same as the flags passed to the <a class="reference internal" href="#create-torrent">create_torrent</a>
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constructor.</p>
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<div class="section" id="set-piece-hashes">
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<h1>set_piece_hashes()</h1>
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<blockquote>
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template <class Fun>
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void set_piece_hashes(create_torrent& t, std::string const& p, Fun f);
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template <class Fun>
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void set_piece_hashes(create_torrent& t, std::wstring const& p, Fun f);
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template <class Fun>
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void set_piece_hashes(create_torrent& t, std::string const& p, Fun f
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, error_code& ec);
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template <class Fun>
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void set_piece_hashes(create_torrent& t, std::wstring const& p, Fun f
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, error_code& ec);
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void set_piece_hashes(create_torrent& t, std::string const& p);
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void set_piece_hashes(create_torrent& t, std::wstring const& p);
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void set_piece_hashes(create_torrent& t, std::string const& p
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, error_code& ec);
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void set_piece_hashes(create_torrent& t, std::wstring const& p
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, error_code& ec);
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</pre>
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</blockquote>
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<p>This function will assume that the files added to the torrent file exists at path
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<tt class="docutils literal">p</tt>, read those files and hash the content and set the hashes in the <tt class="docutils literal">create_torrent</tt>
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object. The optional function <tt class="docutils literal">f</tt> is called in between every hash that is set. <tt class="docutils literal">f</tt>
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must have the following signature:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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void Fun(int);
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<p>The overloads that don't take an <tt class="docutils literal">error_code&</tt> may throw an exception in case of a
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file error, the other overloads sets the error code to reflect the error, if any.</p>
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<div class="section" id="file-storage">
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<h1>file_storage</h1>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">file_storage</tt> class represents a file list and the piece
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size. Everything necessary to interpret a regular bittorrent storage
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file structure. Its synopsis:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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class file_storage
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{
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public:
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bool is_valid() const;
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enum flags_t
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pad_file = 1,
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attribute_hidden = 2,
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attribute_executable = 4
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};
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void add_file(file_entry const& e);
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void add_file(std::string const& p, size_type size, int flags = 0);
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void add_file(std::wstring const& p, size_type size, int flags = 0);
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void rename_file(int index, std::string const& new_filename);
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void rename_file(int index, std::wstring const& new_filename);
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, int size) const;
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peer_request map_file(int file, size_type offset, int size) const;
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typedef std::vector<internal_file_entry>::const_iterator iterator;
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typedef std::vector<internal_file_entry>::const_reverse_iterator reverse_iterator;
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iterator begin() const;
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iterator end() const;
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reverse_iterator rbegin();
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reverse_iterator rend() const;
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int num_files() const;
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file_entry at(int index) const;
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size_type total_size() const;
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void set_num_pieces(int n);
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int num_pieces() const;
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void set_piece_length(int l);
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int piece_length() const;
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int piece_size(int index) const;
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// index accessors
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sha1_hash const& hash(int index) const;
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std::string const& symlink(int index) const;
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time_t mtime(int index) const;
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size_type file_base(int index) const;
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void set_file_base(int index, size_type off);
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std::string file_path(int index) const;
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std::string file_name(int index) const;
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size_type file_size(int index) const;
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bool pad_file_at(int index) const;
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size_type file_offset(int index) const;
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sha1_hash hash(internal_file_entry const& fe) const;
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std::string const& symlink(internal_file_entry const& fe) const;
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time_t mtime(internal_file_entry const& fe) const;
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int file_index(internal_file_entry const& fe) const;
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size_type file_base(internal_file_entry const& fe) const;
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void set_file_base(internal_file_entry const& fe, size_type off);
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std::string file_path(internal_file_entry const& fe) const;
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std::string file_name(internal_file_entry const& fe) const;
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size_type file_size(internal_file_entry const& fe) const;
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bool pad_file_at(internal_file_entry const& fe) const;
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size_type file_offset(internal_file_entry const& fe) const;
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void set_name(std::string const& n);
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void set_name(std::wstring const& n);
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const std::string& name() const;
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void swap(file_storage& ti);
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}
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<h2>add_file()</h2>
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void add_file(file_entry const& e);
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void add_file(std::string const& p, size_type size, int flags = 0);
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void add_file(std::wstring const& p, size_type size, int flags = 0);
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<p>Adds a file to the file storage. The <tt class="docutils literal">flags</tt> argument sets attributes on the file.
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The file attributes is an extension and may not work in all bittorrent clients.
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The possible arreibutes are:</p>
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pad_file
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attribute_executable
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<p>If more files than one are added, certain restrictions to their paths apply.
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In a multi-file file storage (torrent), all files must share the same root directory.</p>
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<p>That is, the first path element of all files must be the same.
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This shared path element is also set to the name of the torrent. It
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can be changed by calling <tt class="docutils literal">set_name</tt>.</p>
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<p>The built in functions to traverse a directory to add files will
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<h2>hash() symlink() mtime() file_path() file_size() pad_file_at()</h2>
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<blockquote>
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<pre class="literal-block">
|
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|
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sha1_hash hash(int index) const;
|
||
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std::string const& symlink(int index) const;
|
||
|
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time_t mtime(int index) const;
|
||
|
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std::string file_path(int index) const;
|
||
|
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size_type file_size(int index) const;
|
||
|
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bool pad_file_at(int index) const;
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>These functions are used to query attributes of files at
|
||
|
|
a given index.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">file_hash()</tt> is a sha-1 hash of the file, or 0 if none was
|
||
|
|
provided in the torrent file. This can potentially be used to
|
||
|
|
join a bittorrent network with other file sharing networks.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">mtime()</tt> is the modification time is the posix
|
||
|
|
time when a file was last modified when the torrent
|
||
|
|
was created, or 0 if it was not included in the torrent file.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p><tt class="docutils literal">file_path()</tt> returns the full path to a file.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p><tt class="docutils literal">file_size()</tt> returns the size of a file.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p><tt class="docutils literal">pad_file_at()</tt> returns true if the file at the given
|
||
|
|
index is a pad-file.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="file-base-set-file-base">
|
||
|
|
<h2>file_base() set_file_base()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
size_type file_base(int index) const;
|
||
|
|
void set_file_base(int index, size_type off);
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>The file base of a file is the offset within the file on the filsystem
|
||
|
|
where it starts to write. For the most part, this is always 0. It's
|
||
|
|
possible to map several files (in the torrent) into a single file on
|
||
|
|
the filesystem by making them all point to the same filename, but with
|
||
|
|
different file bases, so that they don't overlap.
|
||
|
|
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">torrent_info::remap_files</span></tt> can be used to use a new file layout.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="create-torrent">
|
||
|
|
<h1>create_torrent</h1>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">create_torrent</tt> class has the following synopsis:</p>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
struct create_torrent
|
||
|
|
{
|
||
|
|
enum {
|
||
|
|
optimize = 1
|
||
|
|
, merkle = 2
|
||
|
|
, modification_time = 4
|
||
|
|
, symlinks = 8
|
||
|
|
, calculate_file_hashes = 16
|
||
|
|
};
|
||
|
|
create_torrent(file_storage& fs, int piece_size = 0, int pad_size_limit = -1
|
||
|
|
, int flags = optimize, int alignment = 0x4000);
|
||
|
|
create_torrent(torrent_info const& ti);
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
entry generate() const;
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
file_storage const& files() const;
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
void set_comment(char const* str);
|
||
|
|
void set_creator(char const* str);
|
||
|
|
void set_hash(int index, sha1_hash const& h);
|
||
|
|
void set_file_hash(int index, sha1_hash const& h);
|
||
|
|
void add_url_seed(std::string const& url);
|
||
|
|
void add_http_seed(std::string const& url);
|
||
|
|
void add_node(std::pair<std::string, int> const& node);
|
||
|
|
void add_tracker(std::string const& url, int tier = 0);
|
||
|
|
void set_root_cert(std::string const& pem);
|
||
|
|
void set_priv(bool p);
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
int num_pieces() const;
|
||
|
|
int piece_length() const;
|
||
|
|
int piece_size(int i) const;
|
||
|
|
bool priv() const;
|
||
|
|
};
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="id1">
|
||
|
|
<h2>create_torrent()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
enum {
|
||
|
|
optimize = 1
|
||
|
|
, merkle = 2
|
||
|
|
, modification_time = 4
|
||
|
|
, symlinks = 8
|
||
|
|
, calculate_file_hashes = 16
|
||
|
|
};
|
||
|
|
create_torrent(file_storage& fs, int piece_size = 0, int pad_size_limit = -1
|
||
|
|
, int flags = optimize, int alignment = 0x4000);
|
||
|
|
create_torrent(torrent_info const& ti);
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">piece_size</tt> is the size of each piece in bytes. It must
|
||
|
|
be a multiple of 16 kiB. If a piece size of 0 is specified, a
|
||
|
|
piece_size will be calculated such that the torrent file is roughly 40 kB.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>If a <tt class="docutils literal">pad_size_limit</tt> is specified (other than -1), any file larger than
|
||
|
|
the specified number of bytes will be preceeded by a pad file to align it
|
||
|
|
with the start of a piece. The pad_file_limit is ignored unless the
|
||
|
|
<tt class="docutils literal">optimize</tt> flag is passed. Typically it doesn't make sense to set this
|
||
|
|
any lower than 4kiB.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The overload that takes a <tt class="docutils literal">torrent_info</tt> object will make a verbatim
|
||
|
|
copy of its info dictionary (to preserve the info-hash). The copy of
|
||
|
|
the info dictionary will be used by <tt class="docutils literal">generate()</tt>. This means
|
||
|
|
that none of the member functions of create_torrent that affects
|
||
|
|
the content of the info dictionary (such as <tt class="docutils literal">set_hash()</tt>), will
|
||
|
|
have any affect.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">flags</tt> arguments specifies options for the torrent creation. It can
|
||
|
|
be any combination of the following flags:</p>
|
||
|
|
<dl class="docutils">
|
||
|
|
<dt>optimize</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>This will insert pad files to align the files to piece boundaries, for
|
||
|
|
optimized disk-I/O.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt>merkle</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>This will create a merkle hash tree torrent. A merkle torrent cannot
|
||
|
|
be opened in clients that don't specifically support merkle torrents.
|
||
|
|
The benefit is that the resulting torrent file will be much smaller and
|
||
|
|
not grow with more pieces. When this option is specified, it is
|
||
|
|
recommended to have a fairly small piece size, say 64 kiB.
|
||
|
|
When creating merkle torrents, the full hash tree is also generated
|
||
|
|
and should be saved off separately. It is accessed through the
|
||
|
|
<tt class="docutils literal">merkle_tree()</tt> function.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt>modification_time</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>This will include the file modification time as part of the torrent.
|
||
|
|
This is not enabled by default, as it might cause problems when you
|
||
|
|
create a torrent from separate files with the same content, hoping to
|
||
|
|
yield the same info-hash. If the files have different modification times,
|
||
|
|
with this option enabled, you would get different info-hashes for the
|
||
|
|
files.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt>symlink</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>If this flag is set, files that are symlinks get a symlink attribute
|
||
|
|
set on them and their data will not be included in the torrent. This
|
||
|
|
is useful if you need to reconstruct a file hierarchy which contains
|
||
|
|
symlinks.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt>calculate_file_hashes</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>If this is set, the <a class="reference internal" href="#set-piece-hashes">set_piece_hashes()</a> function will, as it calculates
|
||
|
|
the piece hashes, also calculate the file hashes and add those associated
|
||
|
|
with each file. Note that unless you use the <a class="reference internal" href="#set-piece-hashes">set_piece_hashes()</a> function,
|
||
|
|
this flag will have no effect.</dd>
|
||
|
|
</dl>
|
||
|
|
<p><tt class="docutils literal">alignment</tt> is used when pad files are enabled. This is the size eligible
|
||
|
|
files are aligned to. The default is the default bittorrent block size of
|
||
|
|
16 kiB. It is common to align to the piece size of the torrent.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="generate">
|
||
|
|
<h2>generate()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
entry generate() const;
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>This function will generate the .torrent file as a bencode tree. In order to
|
||
|
|
generate the flat file, use the bencode() function.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>It may be useful to add custom entries to the torrent file before bencoding it
|
||
|
|
and saving it to disk.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>If anything goes wrong during torrent generation, this function will return
|
||
|
|
an empty <tt class="docutils literal">entry</tt> structure. You can test for this condition by querying the
|
||
|
|
type of the entry:</p>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
file_storage fs;
|
||
|
|
// add file ...
|
||
|
|
create_torrent t(fs);
|
||
|
|
// add trackers and piece hashes ...
|
||
|
|
e = t.generate();
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
if (e.type() == entry::undefined_t)
|
||
|
|
{
|
||
|
|
// something went wrong
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
<p>For instance, you cannot generate a torrent with 0 files in it. If you don't add
|
||
|
|
any files to the <tt class="docutils literal">file_storage</tt>, torrent generation will fail.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="set-comment">
|
||
|
|
<h2>set_comment()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
void set_comment(char const* str);
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>Sets the comment for the torrent. The string <tt class="docutils literal">str</tt> should be utf-8 encoded.
|
||
|
|
The comment in a torrent file is optional.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="set-creator">
|
||
|
|
<h2>set_creator()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
void set_creator(char const* str);
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>Sets the creator of the torrent. The string <tt class="docutils literal">str</tt> should be utf-8 encoded.
|
||
|
|
This is optional.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="set-hash">
|
||
|
|
<h2>set_hash()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
void set_hash(int index, sha1_hash const& h);
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>This sets the SHA-1 hash for the specified piece (<tt class="docutils literal">index</tt>). You are required
|
||
|
|
to set the hash for every piece in the torrent before generating it. If you have
|
||
|
|
the files on disk, you can use the high level convenience function to do this.
|
||
|
|
See <a class="reference internal" href="#set-piece-hashes">set_piece_hashes()</a>.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="set-file-hash">
|
||
|
|
<h2>set_file_hash()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
void set_file_hash(int index, sha1_hash const& h);
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>This sets the sha1 hash for this file. This hash will end up under the key <tt class="docutils literal">sha1</tt>
|
||
|
|
associated with this file (for multi-file torrents) or in the root info dictionary
|
||
|
|
for single-file torrents.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="add-url-seed-add-http-seed">
|
||
|
|
<h2>add_url_seed() add_http_seed()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
void add_url_seed(std::string const& url);
|
||
|
|
void add_http_seed(std::string const& url);
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>This adds a url seed to the torrent. You can have any number of url seeds. For a
|
||
|
|
single file torrent, this should be an HTTP url, pointing to a file with identical
|
||
|
|
content as the file of the torrent. For a multi-file torrent, it should point to
|
||
|
|
a directory containing a directory with the same name as this torrent, and all the
|
||
|
|
files of the torrent in it.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The second function, <tt class="docutils literal">add_http_seed()</tt> adds an HTTP seed instead.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="add-node">
|
||
|
|
<h2>add_node()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
void add_node(std::pair<std::string, int> const& node);
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>This adds a DHT node to the torrent. This especially useful if you're creating a
|
||
|
|
tracker less torrent. It can be used by clients to bootstrap their DHT node from.
|
||
|
|
The node is a hostname and a port number where there is a DHT node running.
|
||
|
|
You can have any number of DHT nodes in a torrent.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="add-tracker">
|
||
|
|
<h2>add_tracker()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
void add_tracker(std::string const& url, int tier = 0);
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>Adds a tracker to the torrent. This is not strictly required, but most torrents
|
||
|
|
use a tracker as their main source of peers. The url should be an <a class="reference external" href="http://">http://</a> or udp://
|
||
|
|
url to a machine running a bittorrent tracker that accepts announces for this torrent's
|
||
|
|
info-hash. The tier is the fallback priority of the tracker. All trackers with tier 0 are
|
||
|
|
tried first (in any order). If all fail, trackers with tier 1 are tried. If all of those
|
||
|
|
fail, trackers with tier 2 are tried, and so on.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="set-root-cert">
|
||
|
|
<h2>set_root_cert()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
void set_root_cert(std::string const& pem);
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>This function sets an X.509 certificate in PEM format to the torrent. This makes the
|
||
|
|
torrent an <em>SSL torrent</em>. An SSL torrent requires that each peer has a valid certificate
|
||
|
|
signed by this root certificate. For SSL torrents, all peers are connecting over SSL
|
||
|
|
connections. For more information on SSL torrents, see the <a class="reference external" href="manual.html#ssl-torrents">manual</a>.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The string is not the path to the cert, it's the actual content of the certificate,
|
||
|
|
loaded into a std::string.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="set-priv-priv">
|
||
|
|
<h2>set_priv() priv()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
void set_priv(bool p);
|
||
|
|
bool priv() const;
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>Sets and queries the private flag of the torrent.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div class="section" id="merkle-tree">
|
||
|
|
<h2>merkle_tree()</h2>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<pre class="literal-block">
|
||
|
|
std::vector<sha1_hash> const& merkle_tree() const;
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
</blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<p>This function returns the merkle hash tree, if the torrent was created as a merkle
|
||
|
|
torrent. The tree is created by <tt class="docutils literal">generate()</tt> and won't be valid until that function
|
||
|
|
has been called. When creating a merkle tree torrent, the actual tree itself has to
|
||
|
|
be saved off separately and fed into libtorrent the first time you start seeding it,
|
||
|
|
through the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">torrent_info::set_merkle_tree()</span></tt> function. From that point onwards, the
|
||
|
|
tree will be saved in the resume data.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<div id="footer">
|
||
|
|
<span>Copyright © 2005 Rasterbar Software.</span>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
|
||
|
|
</script>
|
||
|
|
<script type="text/javascript">
|
||
|
|
_uacct = "UA-1599045-1";
|
||
|
|
urchinTracker();
|
||
|
|
</script>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
</body>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|