metatorrent v1.0.0 Metatorrent.Metainfo View Source
A BitTorrent Metainfo file.
Keys
:announce
- The main announce URL.:announce_list
- Additional announce URLs. Note that this list can contain nested lists in order to describe tracker priority. See http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0012.html for more information.:nodes
- DHT nodes to fetch additional metadata and peers for this torrent. See http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html#torrent-file-extensions for more information.:comment
- The comment that the torrent creator added to the metainfo file.:created_by
- The software that assembled this metainfo file.:creation_date
- The timestamp that this metainfo file was created.:info
- Describes the files this metainfo file can be used to download. SeeMetatorrent.SingleFileInfo
andMetatorrent.MultiFileInfo
.:info_hash
- The SHA-1 hash of the bencoded:info
block, used to identify this torrent. This key is added by Metatorrent because it must be derived from the:info
block and so is not directly present in the metainfo file.
For more information about the metainfo file format, see http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html#metainfo-files.