A ruby script to construct magnet links out of .torrent files

README.md

Magneto

It reads your torrents. Spit out magnet URIs.

Example Usage

$ ./magneto.rb magneto.rb.torrent

Results in:

[WARN] There are no trackers on the torrent. It’s recommended you add at least one.
       Here are a few public free trackers that don’t require registration:

         udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce
         udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce

Magnet URI for magneto.rb:
  magnet:?xt=urn:btih:W7TTABVNI4AADW3MWLMKWF32WVY7XE7P&dn=magneto.rb

magneto.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# coding: utf-8

require 'rubygems'
require 'cgi'
require 'openssl'

def require_gem(name)
  require(name)
rescue LoadError
  abort "[ERROR] Missing the '#{name}' gem, install it with 'gem install #{name}'"
end

require_gem 'bencode'
require_gem 'base32'
require_gem 'rack/utils'

# We cannot trust .torrent file data
ARGF.set_encoding 'BINARY'

# Read torrent from STDIN / ARGV filepath
torrent_data = ARGF.read

# Parse the torrent data
torrent = BEncode.load(torrent_data)

# Calculate the info_hash (actually, info_sha1 *is* the info_hash)
info_hash = torrent["info"].bencode
info_sha1 = OpenSSL::Digest::SHA1.digest(info_hash)

# Build the magnet link
params = {}
params[:xt] = "urn:btih:" << Base32.encode(info_sha1)
params[:dn] = CGI.escape(torrent["info"]["name"])

Array(torrent["announce-list"]).each do |(tracker, _)|
  params[:tr] ||= []
  params[:tr] << tracker
end

unless params[:tr]
  puts "[WARN] There are no trackers on the torrent. It’s recommended you add at least one."
  puts "       Here are a few public free trackers that don’t require registration:"
  puts
  puts "         udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce"
  puts "         udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce"
  puts
end

# params[:tr] = [] << to complement DHT we can add trackers too
magnet_uri  = "magnet:?xt=#{params.delete(:xt)}"
magnet_uri << "&" << Rack::Utils.build_query(params)

puts "Magnet URI for #{params[:dn]}:"
puts "  #{magnet_uri}"

I understand that the information isn't get back the torrent file, but isn't there a way to download torrent using command line using the magnet link?

@jikkujose It's been a long time since you asked but since I came across this gist today, I thought I'd share for others:

aria2c can download magnet links. See the docs here.

Thanks! That will help others too!