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libtorrent python binding
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:Author: Arvid Norberg, arvid@libtorrent.org
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.. contents:: Table of contents
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:depth: 2
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:backlinks: none
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building
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Building the libtorrent python bindings will produce a shared library (DLL)
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which is a python module that can be imported in a python program.
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building using setup.py
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-----------------------
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There is a ``setup.py`` shipped with libtorrent that can be used on windows.
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On windows the setup.py will invoke ``bjam`` and assume that you have boost
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sources at ``$BOOST_PATH``. The resulting executable is self-contained, it does
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not depend any boost or libtorrent dlls.
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On other systems, the setup.py is generated by running
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``./configure --enable-python-binding``.
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To build the Python bindings do:
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1. Run::
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python setup.py build
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2. As root, run::
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python setup.py install
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building using boost build
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--------------------------
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To set up your build environment, you need to add some settings to your
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``$BOOST_BUILD_PATH/user-config.jam``.
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Make sure your user config contains the following line::
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using python : 2.3 ;
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Set the version to the version of python you have installed or want to use. If
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you've installed python in a non-standard location, you have to add the prefix
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path used when you installed python as a second option. Like this::
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using python : 2.6 : /usr/bin/python2.6 : /usr/include/python2.6 : /usr/lib/python2.6 ;
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The bindings require *at least* python version 2.2.
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For more information on how to install and set up boost-build, see the
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`building libtorrent`__ section.
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.. __: building.html#step-2-setup-bbv2
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Once you have boost-build set up, you cd to the ``bindings/python``
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directory and invoke ``bjam`` with the apropriate settings. For the available
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build variants, see `libtorrent build options`_.
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.. _`libtorrent build options`: building.html#step-3-building-libtorrent
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For example::
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$ bjam dht-support=on link=static
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On Mac OS X, this will produce the following python module::
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bin/darwin-4.0/release/dht-support-on/link-static/logging-none/threading-multi/libtorrent.so
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using libtorrent in python
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The python interface is nearly identical to the C++ interface. Please refer to
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the `library reference`_. The main differences are:
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asio::tcp::endpoint
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The endpoint type is represented as a tuple of a string (as the address) and an int for
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the port number. E.g. ``('127.0.0.1', 6881)`` represents the localhost port 6881.
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libtorrent::time_duration
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The time duration is represented as a number of seconds in a regular integer.
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The following functions takes a reference to a container that is filled with
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entries by the function. The python equivalent of these functions instead returns
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a list of entries.
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* torrent_handle::get_peer_info
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* torrent_handle::file_progress
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* torrent_handle::get_download_queue
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* torrent_handle::piece_availability
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``create_torrent::add_node()`` takes two arguments, one string and one integer,
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instead of a pair. The string is the address and the integer is the port.
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``session::set_settings()`` not only accepts a ``session_settings`` object, but also
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a dictionary with keys matching the names of the members of the ``session_settings`` struct.
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When calling ``set_settings``, the dictionary does not need to have every settings set,
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keys that are not present, are set to their default value.
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For backwards compatibility, ``session::settings()`` still returns a ``session_settings``
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struct. To get a python dictionary of the settings, call ``session::get_settings``.
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.. _`library reference`: reference.html
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For an example python program, see ``client.py`` in the ``bindings/python``
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directory.
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A very simple example usage of the module would be something like this::
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import libtorrent as lt
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import time
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ses = lt.session()
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ses.listen_on(6881, 6891)
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e = lt.bdecode(open("test.torrent", 'rb').read())
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info = lt.torrent_info(e)
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params = { 'save_path': '.', \
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'storage_mode': lt.storage_mode_t.storage_mode_sparse, \
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'ti': info }
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h = ses.add_torrent(params)
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s = h.status()
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while (not s.is_seeding):
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s = h.status()
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state_str = ['queued', 'checking', 'downloading metadata', \
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'downloading', 'finished', 'seeding', 'allocating']
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print '%.2f%% complete (down: %.1f kb/s up: %.1f kB/s peers: %d) %s' % \
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(s.progress * 100, s.download_rate / 1000, s.upload_rate / 1000, \
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s.num_peers, state_str[s.state])
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time.sleep(1)
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