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codebutler/get_torrent_magnet.rb

Created November 29, 2009 00:51
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Quick script to get the magnet URI for a .torrent file.
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get_torrent_magnet.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby
# Quick script to get the magnet URI for a .torrent file.
# Eric Butler <eric@codebutler.com>
# sudo gem install rubytorrent base32
# ruby get_torrent_magnet.rb myfile.torrent
require 'rubygems'
require 'rubytorrent'
require 'base32'
torrent = RubyTorrent::MetaInfo.from_location(ARGV[0])
puts 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:' + Base32.encode(torrent.info.sha1)
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