webtorrent
magnet-uri 
Parse a magnet URI and return an object of keys/values.
Also works in the browser with browserify! This module is used by WebTorrent.
install
npm install magnet-uriusage
decode
Parse a magnet URI and return an object of keys/values.
import magnet from 'magnet-uri'
// "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman
const uri = 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d2474e86c95b19b8bcfdb92bc12c9d44667cfa36&dn=Leaves+of+Grass+by+Walt+Whitman.epub&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.example4.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.example5.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.example3.com%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.example2.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.example1.com%3A1337'
const parsed = magnet.decode(uri)
console.log(parsed.dn) // "Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.epub"
console.log(parsed.infoHash) // "d2474e86c95b19b8bcfdb92bc12c9d44667cfa36"
The parsed magnet link object looks like this:
{
"xt": "urn:btih:d2474e86c95b19b8bcfdb92bc12c9d44667cfa36",
"dn": "Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.epub",
"tr": [
"udp://tracker.example1.com:1337",
"udp://tracker.example2.com:80",
"udp://tracker.example3.com:6969",
"udp://tracker.example4.com:80",
"udp://tracker.example5.com:80"
],
// added for convenience:
"infoHash": "d2474e86c95b19b8bcfdb92bc12c9d44667cfa36",
"infoHashBuffer": ...,
"name": "Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.epub",
"announce": [
"udp://tracker.example1.com:1337",
"udp://tracker.example2.com:80",
"udp://tracker.example3.com:6969",
"udp://tracker.example4.com:80",
"udp://tracker.example5.com:80"
]
}encode
Convert an object of key/values into a magnet URI string.
import magnet from 'magnet-uri'
const uri = magnet.encode({
xt: [
'urn:ed2k:354B15E68FB8F36D7CD88FF94116CDC1',
'urn:tree:tiger:7N5OAMRNGMSSEUE3ORHOKWN4WWIQ5X4EBOOTLJY',
'urn:btih:QHQXPYWMACKDWKP47RRVIV7VOURXFE5Q'
],
xl: '10826029',
dn: 'mediawiki-1.15.1.tar.gz',
tr: [
'udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce'
],
as: 'http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.15/mediawiki-1.15.1.tar.gz',
xs: [
'http://cache.example.org/XRX2PEFXOOEJFRVUCX6HMZMKS5TWG4K5',
'dchub://example.org'
]
})
console.log(uri) // the magnet uriThe returned magnet uri will be:
magnet:?xt=urn:ed2k:354B15E68FB8F36D7CD88FF94116CDC1&xt=urn:tree:tiger:7N5OAMRNGMSSEUE3ORHOKWN4WWIQ5X4EBOOTLJY&xt=urn:btih:QHQXPYWMACKDWKP47RRVIV7VOURXFE5Q&xl=10826029&dn=mediawiki-1.15.1.tar.gz&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80%2Fannounce&as=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.wikimedia.org%2Fmediawiki%2F1.15%2Fmediawiki-1.15.1.tar.gz&xs=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.example.org%2FXRX2PEFXOOEJFRVUCX6HMZMKS5TWG4K5&xs=dchub%3A%2F%2Fexample.orgYou can also use convenience key names like name (dn), infoHash (xt),
infoHashBuffer (xt), publicKey (xs), publicKeyBuffer (xs), announce (tr), and keywords (kt).
license
MIT. Copyright (c) Feross Aboukhadijeh and WebTorrent, LLC.