hollowness-inside / BencodeCLI

CLI tool for decoding torrent files and encoding json into torrent file format

BencodeCLI "GoBen"

CLI tool for decoding torrent files and encoding json into torrent file format

Usage

goben [-e | -d [-i input_file]] [-o output_file] [text]
        -d - Set mode to decode
        -e - Set mode to encode
        -i filepath - input file
        -o filepath - redirects stdout to file
        -h - help

Example

Encoding

Encoding a json string to bencode

$ goben -e '["hello", "world", 12345, {"type": 1, "animal": "cat"}]'
l5:hello5:worldi12345ed6:animal3:cat4:typei1eee

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Encoding a json file to bencode

$ goben -e -i sample.json
d8:glossaryd5:title16:example glossary8:GlossDivd5:title1:S9:GlossListd10:GlossEntryd8:GlossSee6:markup2:ID4:SGML6:SortAs4:SGML9:GlossTerm36:Standard Generalized Markup Language7:Acronym4:SGML6:Abbrev13:ISO 8879:19868:GlossDefd12:GlossSeeAlsol3:GML3:XMLe4:para72:A meta-markup language, used to create markup languages such as DocBook.eeeeee

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Encoding a json file to bencode and save to output.torrent

$ goben -e -i sample.json -o output.torrent

Decoding

Decode a bencode string

$ goben -d 'l5:hello5:worldi12345ed6:animal3:cat4:typei1eee'
["hello", "world", 12345, {"type": 1, "animal": "cat"}]

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Decode a bencoded file

$ goben -d -i sample.torrent
{"info": {"name": "sample.txt", "piece length": 65536, "pieces": "", "private": 1, "length": 20}, "announce": "udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80", "creation date": 1327049827}

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Decode a bencoded file and save tp output.json

$ goben -d -i sample.torrent -o output.json