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Renier Delport
Renier Delport

Reputation: 159

Get the torrent download directory from a torrent file using python-libtorrent

I need the default directory a torrent file will create when it is started using any torrent manager - as a string. I'm not a programmer, but with other help I was able to obtain the contents (files) of the torrent as strings:

info = libtorrent.torrent_info(torrent_file)
    for f in info.files():
      file_name = "%s" % (f.path)
      # do something with file_name

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2302

Answers (1)

Arvid
Arvid

Reputation: 11245

One thing to keep in mind is that there are two kinds of torrent files. Single-file torrents and multi-file torrents. The typical filename structure of the two kinds are:

single-file torrents: save-path/torrent-name

multi-file torrents: save-path/torrent-name/all-files-in-torrent

It sounds like you're looking for the name of the directory files of the torrent are stored in (by convention of most clients). i.e. the torrent name.

Example code to do this in python using libtorrent:

import libtorrent as lt
import sys

ti = lt.torrent_info(sys.argv[1])
if ti.num_files() > 1:
    print(ti.name())
else:
    # single-file torrent, name() may be a filename
    # instead of directory name

Upvotes: 1

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