NAME

URI::magnet - Magnet URI scheme

SYNOPSIS

    use URI;

    my $magnet = URI->new( 'magnet:?xt=urn:ed2k:354B15E68FB8F36D7CD88FF94116CDC1&xl=10826029&dn=mediawiki-1.15.1.tar.gz&xt=urn:tree:tiger:7N5OAMRNGMSSEUE3ORHOKWN4WWIQ5X4EBOOTLJY&xt=urn:btih:QHQXPYWMACKDWKP47RRVIV7VOURXFE5Q&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.example.org%2Fannounce.php%3Fuk%3D1111111111%26&as=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.wikimedia.org%2Fmediawiki%2F1.15%2Fmediawiki-1.15.1.tar.gz&xs=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.example.org%2FXRX2PEFXOOEJFRVUCX6HMZMKS5TWG4K5&xs=dchub://example.org' );

    say "found " . $magnet->display_name;
    say "size: " . $magnet->exact_length . " bytes";
   
    if ( my $source = $magnet->acceptable_source ) {
      say "has direct link: $source";
    }

    say "the following trackers are available: ";
    say join ', ' => $magnet->address_tracker;

DESCRIPTION

After this module is installed, the URI package will be able to properly parse Magnet schemes, popular in torrents.

NEW METHODS

The resulting object will contain the same methods/accessors available by the URI class, and the following new ones:

dn()

display_name()

The URL-decoded filename to display to the user, for convenience.

xl()

exact_length()

The file size, in bytes.

xt()

exact_topic()

  my $topic_urn = $magnet->exact_topic;
  say "hash type:"  . $topic_urn->nid;
  say "hash value:" . $topic_urn->nss;

An URI::urn object containing the file hash. This is the most important part of a Magnet URI, as it is used to find and verify the specified files. You can access the type and value of the hash via the nid() and nss() methods, respectively.

as()

acceptable_source()

URI object containing the web link to the file online.

xs()

exact_source()

The P2P link.

kt()

keyword_topic()

Keywords for search terms, rather than a particular file.

mt()

manifest_topic()

URI object pointing to the metafile that contains a list of magneto (MAGMA - MAGnet MAnifest), e.g. a list of further items.

tr()

address_tracker()

  # scalar context:
  my $tracker = $magnet->address_tracker;

  # list context:
  foreach my $tracker ($magnet->address_tracker) {
    ...
  }

Object for the tracker URI, used to obtain resources for BitTorrent downloads. As any regular URI object, can be stringified and manipulated.

If this method is called in scalar context, returns the first tr item found on the Magnet URI. In list context, returns an array of items, in the same order they were encountered on the Magnet URI.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

This module requires no configuration files or environment variables.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Group settings (e.g. "xt.1=...&xt.2=...") are not supported. Patches welcome!

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-uri-magnet@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

CONTRIBUTING

Project repository is on Github http://github.com/garu/URI-magnet.

AUTHOR

Breno G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2012-2013, Breno G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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cpanm URI::magnet

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install URI::magnet