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webtorrent — The interface for WebTorrent. Supports magnets, URLs, info hashes and `.torrent` files. More informa

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Problem

How to use the webtorrent command: The interface for WebTorrent. Supports magnets, URLs, info hashes and .torrent files. More information: <https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent-cli>.

Solution

webtorrent — The interface for WebTorrent. Supports magnets, URLs, info hashes and .torrent files. More information: <https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent-cli>.

Download a torrent:

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}"

Stream a torrent to VLC media player:

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --vlc

Stream a torrent to a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) device:

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --dlna

Display a list of files for a specific torrent:

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --select

Specify a file index from the torrent to download:

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --select {{index}}

Seed a specific file or directory:

webtorrent seed {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Create a new torrent file for the specified file path:

webtorrent create {{path/to/file}}

Display information for a magnet URI or .torrent file:

webtorrent info {{path/to/file_or_magnet}}

Code Snippets

Download a torrent

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}"

Stream a torrent to VLC media player

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --vlc

Stream a torrent to a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) device

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --dlna

Display a list of files for a specific torrent

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --select

Specify a file index from the torrent to download

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --select {{index}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/webtorrent

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