Interact with Bittorrent the same way you would websites via fetch()
AGPL-3.0 License
Interact with Bittorrent the same way you would websites via fetch() and bittorrent://
or bt://
URLs
bittorrent://
URLs put the infohash
of a torrent into the hostname
portionbittorrent://
URLs can contain an individual file to prioritize downloadingbittorrent://
URLs can point to a folder path to get a listingimport makeBTFetch from 'bt-fetch'
const fetch = makeBTFetch({
// Use this if you want things to be downloaded somewhere specific
folder: '~/.local/data/bt-fetch/'
// You can also pass any arguments from `new WebTorrent` and `client.add`
})
// Get a file as text
const res = fetch('bittorrent://08ada5a7a6183aae1e09d831df6748d566095a10/example.html')
const content = await res.text()
// How big is the file in bytes (useful in HEAD requests)
const length = res.headers.get('Content-Length')
// How much of the file has been downloaded in bytes
const downloaded = res.headers.get('X-Downloaded')
// List files / subfolders as JSON
const res = await fetch('bittorrent://infohash/path/')
const files = await res.json()
// List the contents as a web page
const res = await fetch('bittorrent://infohash/path/', {headers: {
Accept: 'text/html'
})
const page = await res.text()
// now also supports public keys bittorrent://64CharacterPublicKeyHere
const pubRes = fetch('bittorrent://1e267e045c1abcb9af26df782a048a1cfd2d26e6db23ff5026b213ce037301bf')
index.html
resolution (with opt-out)