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Created May 5, 2014 08:21
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import sys
import bencode
import hashlib
import base64
import urllib
torrent_file = sys.argv[1]
torrent = open(torrent_file, 'r').read()
metadata = bencode.bdecode(torrent)
hashcontents = bencode.bencode(metadata['info'])
digest = hashlib.sha1(hashcontents).digest()
b32hash = base64.b32encode(digest)
print "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:%s" % b32hash
params = {
'xt': 'urn:btih:%s' % b32hash,
'dn': metadata['info']['name'],
'tr': metadata['announce'],
'xl': metadata['info']['length']}
paramstr = urllib.urlencode(params)
magneturi = 'magnet:?%s' % paramstr
print magneturi
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