[tor-bugs] #6978 [Website]: Create Magnet links for download

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#6978: Create Magnet links for download
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 Reporter:  ioerror      |          Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:     
Component:  Website      |        Version:     
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Comment(by mo):

 I now still generate the torrents using my old script, but also
 automatically seed them from the torservers.net box, and generate magnet
 URIs for the single files.

 https://www.torservers.net/mirrors/torrents/magnets.txt is regenerated
 every 6 hours based on the content of /dist on that mirror. Old entries
 are purged and deleted files *removed* from the seed.

 In my tests, it took my client a long time to find the seeder, but
 eventually it downloaded the file. We can add trackers and a filename to
 the magnet link, but I don't think that is necessary.

 The scripts are at https://github.com/moba/createtortorrents

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