.net - MonoTorrent - Magnet link to Torrent file

Question

Is there a way to generate .torrent file from a magnet link using the MonoTorrent .Net library? If so can someone explain with an example? I searched the site as well as googled but cant find a solution. if it is not possible are there any other windows commnd line utility that will get the job done? thanks and appreciate ur help in advance!

Answer 1

yes, It could be done using the monotorrent library.

you could take the hash value from the magnet link and use it to create a torrent manager that will create a torrent file before downloading.

if this were the magnet link:

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:18981bc9759950b4715ad46adcaf514e6a773cfe

hash=18981bc9759950b4715ad46adcaf514e6a773cfe;
manager = new TorrentManager(InfoHash.FromHex(hash), downloadsPath, torrentDefaults,     downloadsPathForTorrent);

this should download a torrent file to 'downloadsPathForTorrent', and you can stop the download as soon as it begins.

hope this helped.

for more information on how to implement this checkout the monotorrent documentation:

http://www.mono-project.com/MonoTorrent