magnet-dl/torrent2magnet.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# adapted from https://github.com/DanySK/torrent2magnet

import sys
import hashlib
import base64
from fastbencode import bencode, bdecode


def make_magnet_from_file(file):
  with open(file, "rb") as f:
    data = f.read()
  metadata = bdecode(data)
  subj = metadata[b'info']
  hashcontents = bencode(subj)
  digest = hashlib.sha1(hashcontents).digest()
  b32hash = base64.b32encode(digest).decode()
  return 'magnet:?'\
         + 'xt=urn:btih:' + b32hash\
         + '&dn=' + metadata[b'info'][b'name'].decode()\
         + '&tr=' + metadata[b'announce'].decode()\
         + '&xl=' + str(metadata[b'info'][b'length'])

if __name__ == "__main__":
  magnet = make_magnet_from_file(sys.argv[1])
  print(magnet)