From d92e1ba840ea7791956340f1d2c5b7dedb6d322c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren 'Tadgy' Austin <darren@afterdark.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:06:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add bencode.py, required by torrent2magnet.py.

---
 bencode.py | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 bencode.py

diff --git a/bencode.py b/bencode.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b5b1df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bencode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#! /usr/bin/python3
+
+import collections
+
+def bencode(elem):
+    if type(elem) == str:
+        elem = str.encode(elem)
+
+    if type(elem) == bytes:
+        result = str.encode(str(len(elem)))+b":"+elem
+    elif type(elem) == int:
+        result = str.encode("i"+str(elem)+"e")
+    elif type(elem) == list:
+        result = b"l"
+        for item in elem:
+            result += bencode(item)
+        result += b"e"
+    elif type(elem) in [dict, collections.OrderedDict]:
+        result = b"d"
+        for key in elem:
+            result += bencode(key)+bencode(elem[key])
+        result += b"e"
+    return result
+
+def bdecode(bytestr, recursiveCall=False):
+    startingChars = dict({
+            b"i" : int,
+            b":" : str,
+            b"l" : list,
+            b"d" : dict
+            })
+    digits = [b"0", b"1", b"2", b"3", b"4", b"5", b"6", b"7", b"8", b"9"]
+
+    started = ended = False
+    curtype = None
+
+    numstring = b"" # for str, int
+    result = None   # for list, dict
+    key = None      # for dict
+
+    while len(bytestr) > 0:
+        # reading and popping from the beginning
+        char = bytestr[:1]
+
+        if not started:
+
+            bytestr = bytestr[1:]
+
+            if char in digits:
+                numstring += char
+
+            elif char in startingChars:
+
+                started = True
+                curtype = startingChars[char]
+
+                if curtype == str:
+                    size = int(bytes.decode(numstring))
+                    # try to decode strings
+                    try:
+                        result = bytes.decode(bytestr[:size])
+                    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                        result = bytestr[:size]
+                    bytestr = bytestr[size:]
+                    ended = True
+                    break
+
+                elif curtype == list:
+                    result = []
+
+                elif curtype == dict:
+                    result = collections.OrderedDict()
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("Expected starting char, got ‘"+bytes.decode(char)+"’")
+
+        else: # if started
+
+            if not char == b"e":
+
+                if curtype == int:
+                    bytestr = bytestr[1:]
+                    numstring += char
+
+                elif curtype == list:
+                    item, bytestr = bdecode(bytestr, recursiveCall=True)
+                    result.append(item)
+
+                elif curtype == dict:
+
+                    if key == None:
+                        key, bytestr = bdecode(bytestr, recursiveCall=True)
+
+                    else:
+                        result[key], bytestr = bdecode(bytestr, recursiveCall=True)
+                        key = None
+
+            else: # ending: char == b"e"
+                bytestr = bytestr[1:]
+                if curtype == int:
+                    result = int(bytes.decode(numstring))
+                ended = True
+                break
+    if ended:
+        if recursiveCall:
+            return result, bytestr
+        else:
+            return result
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("String ended unexpectedly")