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A very simple example of python code to us with python-libtorrent
'''
You should try libtorrent (rasterbar). http://libtorrent.org
If you want to write your client in python, on linux, install it with:
sudo apt-get install python-libtorrent
A very simple example of python code to use it to download a torrent:
'''
import libtorrent as lt
import time
import sys
ses = lt.session()
ses.listen_on(6881, 6891)
info = lt.torrent_info(sys.argv[1])
h = ses.add_torrent({'ti': info, 'save_path': './'})
print 'starting', h.name()
while (not h.is_seed()):
s = h.status()
state_str = ['queued', 'checking', 'downloading metadata', \
'downloading', 'finished', 'seeding', 'allocating', 'checking fastresume']
print '\r%.2f%% complete (down: %.1f kb/s up: %.1f kB/s peers: %d) %s' % \
(s.progress * 100, s.download_rate / 1000, s.upload_rate / 1000, \
s.num_peers, state_str[s.state]),
sys.stdout.flush()
time.sleep(1)
print h.name(), 'complete'
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