From 59eff6fe6cd768ef17e06f56ed84cce084f8f1fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren 'Tadgy' Austin <darren@afterdark.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:54:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added torrent2magnet.py.

---
 torrent2magnet.py | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 torrent2magnet.py

diff --git a/torrent2magnet.py b/torrent2magnet.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4b70cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torrent2magnet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#! /usr/bin/python3
+
+import sys
+import os.path
+import hashlib
+import urllib.parse
+import bencode
+import argparse
+
+def print_magnet(torrentdic, output=sys.stdout, new_trackers=None):
+    result = []
+
+    # add hash info
+    if "info" not in torrentdic:
+        raise ValueError("No info dict in torrent file")
+    encodedInfo = bencode.bencode(torrentdic["info"])
+    sha1 = hashlib.sha1(encodedInfo).hexdigest()
+    result.append("xt=urn:btih:"+sha1)
+
+    # add display name
+    if "name" in torrentdic["info"]:
+        quoted = urllib.parse.quote(torrentdic["info"]["name"], safe="")
+        result.append("dn="+quoted)
+
+    # add trackers list
+    trackers = []
+    if "announce-list" in torrentdic:
+        for urllist in torrentdic["announce-list"]:
+            trackers += urllist
+    elif "announce" in torrentdic:
+        trackers.append(torrentdic["announce"])
+    if new_trackers:
+        trackers += new_trackers
+
+    # eliminate duplicates without sorting
+    seen_urls = []
+    for url in trackers:
+        if [url] not in seen_urls:
+            seen_urls.append([url])
+            quoted = urllib.parse.quote(url, safe="")
+            result.append("tr="+quoted)
+    torrentdic["announce-list"] = seen_urls
+
+    # output magnet or torrent file
+    if output == sys.stdout:
+        print("magnet:?", "&".join(result), sep="")
+    else:
+        out = open(output, 'bw')
+        out.write(bencode.bencode(torrentdic))
+        out.close()
+
+# main ()
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Convert torrent files to magnet '
+                                             'links')
+parser.add_argument('files', metavar='torrent', nargs='*',
+                    help='read from file instead of stdin; if outputting to a '
+                         'torrent file, only one input file is allowed')
+parser.add_argument('-a', '--append-trackers', dest='trackers_file',
+                    metavar='trackers_file',
+                    help='append tracker list to magnet')
+parser.add_argument('-o', '--output-torrent', dest='output_file',
+                    metavar='output_file',
+                    help="output to torrent file instead of magnet (for adding "
+                    "trackers, otherwise useless)")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+# select output
+output = sys.stdout
+if args.output_file:
+    if os.path.exists(args.output_file):
+        print('File exists, aborting:', args.output_file, file=sys.stderr)
+        exit(1)
+    else:
+        output = args.output_file
+        if len(args.files) > 1:
+            raise ValueError('Can\'t output multiple input files into a torrent '
+                             'file')
+
+# read trackers file
+new_trackers = []
+if args.trackers_file != None:
+    f = open(args.trackers_file, 'r')
+    for line in f:
+        new_trackers.append(line.rstrip())
+    f.close()
+
+# read from torrent files or stdin and print magnets
+if args.files:
+    for filename in args.files:
+        print(filename, ":", sep="", file=sys.stderr)
+        file = open(filename, "br")
+        byte_stream = file.read()
+        file.close()
+
+        torrentdic = bencode.bdecode(byte_stream)
+        print_magnet(torrentdic, output, new_trackers)
+else:
+    byte_stream = b''
+    for line in sys.stdin.buffer:
+        byte_stream += line
+
+    torrentdic = bencode.bdecode(byte_stream)
+    print_magnet(torrentdic, output, new_trackers)