CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascripthtmltorrent
user1642018
user1642018

Reputation:

How kickass.to is sending remote url/file in our own browser without sending us to other site?

If you go to 

http://kickass.to/slackware-14-0-x86-dvd-iso-t7285879.html

and click on the Download Torrent link which is just under the title.

You will be presented with the .torrent file.

But if I copy the same hyperlink code and place it in newly created html file and upload it to my server then when I click the link, I get transferred to the torache url then there I get the file to download.

This works even if the html file is placed on my pc but not on server. How come ?

<a rel="nofollow" title="Download verified torrent file" href="http://torcache.net/torrent/93D92EAB697788D845FA9DDE204FA13E72189CA6.torrent?title=[kickass.to]slackware.14.0.x86.dvd.iso" class="siteButton giantButton    verifTorrentButton"><span><em class="buttonPic"></em>
            Download torrent</span>
    </a>

How are they doing it, without sending us to the torcache site?

How can I achieve something like that ?

http://jsfiddle.net/8LT8C/

UPDATE

i have managed to open an iframe in 0 pixel , it does the trick but its still not perfect way to do it.

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
function getTorrent(url){
$('#iframeHolder').html('<iframe id="iframe" src="' + url + '" width="0" height="0"></iframe>');
};
</script>
<a href="javascript:getTorrent('http://torcache.net/torrent/8017D2B92B084F62AC0CA19A40B4182A9107CA42.torrent?title=[kickass.to]ubuntu.12.10.server.i386');">Download Now</a>
<div id="iframeHolder" style="display:none"></div>

its not working on jsfiddle but working on my server.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3751

Answers (2)

Wakwelamissi
Wakwelamissi

Reputation: 1

guys!!! i have the same problem with my internet provider i think the redirection depends upon with the provider because when i change the internet using a usb modem with another provider such as Orange or Airtel there is no problem,so i'm downloading torrents files with those providers and i use my provider to download and share my big files! i think we can not bypass that redirection!

Upvotes: -1

Brad
Brad

Reputation: 163293

They are detecting the referrer URL and routing you to a different location if the referrer isn't set to their domain.

You can test this yourself using a tool like Fiddler to make raw HTTP requests. If you make a request with this header:

Referer: http://kickass.to/slackware-14-0-x86-dvd-iso-t7285879.html

Then you get a 302 response to a torrent file. However, if you use this header:

Referer: http://example.com/test

You get a 200 OK response with a page. This is common practice to prevent people from hot-linking, while capturing some extra traffic along the way.

The only way around this is server-side. You would have to proxy requests, and I'm sure that kickass.to wouldn't be too happy seeing a ton of traffic coming from a single IP, and they would block you quickly.

Upvotes: 2

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