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webtorrent

WebTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) streaming torrent client written in JavaScript, from the same author, Feross Aboukhadijeh, of YouTube Instant, and the team at WebTorrent and on GitHub, for use in web browsers, as well as a WebTorrent Desktop stand alone version able to bridge WebTorrent and BitTorrent serverless networks.

List of commands for webtorrent:

  • webtorrent:tldr:3bfdb webtorrent: Display a list of files for a specific torrent.
    $ webtorrent download "${torrent_id}" --select
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  • webtorrent:tldr:697fe webtorrent: Stream a torrent to a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) device.
    $ webtorrent download "${torrent_id}" --dlna
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  • webtorrent:tldr:6ab21 webtorrent: Specify a file index from the torrent to download.
    $ webtorrent download "${torrent_id}" --select ${index}
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  • webtorrent:tldr:881d2 webtorrent: Stream a torrent to VLC media player.
    $ webtorrent download "${torrent_id}" --vlc
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  • webtorrent:tldr:a0391 webtorrent: Create a new torrent file for the specified file path.
    $ webtorrent create ${filename}
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  • webtorrent:tldr:c3b2e webtorrent: Seed a specific file or directory.
    $ webtorrent seed ${filename_or_directory}
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  • webtorrent:tldr:dd8ed webtorrent: Display information for a magnet URI or `.torrent` file.
    $ webtorrent info ${filename_or_magnet}
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  • webtorrent:tldr:eefae webtorrent: Download a torrent.
    $ webtorrent download "${torrent_id}"
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