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<p class="topic-title"><a name="contents">Contents</a></p>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#introduction" id="id9" name="id9">introduction</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#building" id="id10" name="id10">building</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#using" id="id11" name="id11">using</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#session" id="id12" name="id12">session</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#parsing-torrent-files" id="id13" name="id13">parsing torrent files</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#entry" id="id14" name="id14">entry</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#torrent-info" id="id15" name="id15">torrent_info</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#torrent-handle" id="id16" name="id16">torrent_handle</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#status" id="id17" name="id17">status()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#get-download-queue" id="id18" name="id18">get_download_queue()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#get-peer-info" id="id19" name="id19">get_peer_info()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#get-torrent-info" id="id20" name="id20">get_torrent_info()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#is-valid" id="id21" name="id21">is_valid()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#introduction" id="id8" name="id8">introduction</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#building" id="id9" name="id9">building</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#using" id="id10" name="id10">using</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#session" id="id11" name="id11">session</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#parsing-torrent-files" id="id12" name="id12">parsing torrent files</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#entry" id="id13" name="id13">entry</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#torrent-info" id="id14" name="id14">torrent_info</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#torrent-handle" id="id15" name="id15">torrent_handle</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#status" id="id16" name="id16">status()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#get-download-queue" id="id17" name="id17">get_download_queue()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#get-peer-info" id="id18" name="id18">get_peer_info()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#get-torrent-info" id="id19" name="id19">get_torrent_info()</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#is-valid" id="id20" name="id20">is_valid()</a></li>
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</ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#address" id="id22" name="id22">address</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#http-settings" id="id23" name="id23">http_settings</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#big-number" id="id24" name="id24">big_number</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#hasher" id="id25" name="id25">hasher</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#fingerprint" id="id26" name="id26">fingerprint</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#identify-client" id="id27" name="id27">identify_client</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#address" id="id21" name="id21">address</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#http-settings" id="id22" name="id22">http_settings</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#big-number" id="id23" name="id23">big_number</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#hasher" id="id24" name="id24">hasher</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#fingerprint" id="id25" name="id25">fingerprint</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#identify-client" id="id26" name="id26">identify_client</a></li>
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</ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#alerts" id="id28" name="id28">alerts</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#tracker-alert" id="id29" name="id29">tracker_alert</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#hash-failed-alert" id="id30" name="id30">hash_failed_alert</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#peer-error-alert" id="id31" name="id31">peer_error_alert</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#invalid-request-alert" id="id32" name="id32">invalid_request_alert</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#chat-message-alert" id="id33" name="id33">chat_message_alert</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#dispatcher" id="id34" name="id34">dispatcher</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#alerts" id="id27" name="id27">alerts</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#tracker-alert" id="id28" name="id28">tracker_alert</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#hash-failed-alert" id="id29" name="id29">hash_failed_alert</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#peer-error-alert" id="id30" name="id30">peer_error_alert</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#invalid-request-alert" id="id31" name="id31">invalid_request_alert</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#chat-message-alert" id="id32" name="id32">chat_message_alert</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#dispatcher" id="id33" name="id33">dispatcher</a></li>
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</ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#exceptions" id="id35" name="id35">exceptions</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#invalid-handle" id="id36" name="id36">invalid_handle</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#duplicate-torrent" id="id37" name="id37">duplicate_torrent</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#invalid-encoding" id="id38" name="id38">invalid_encoding</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#type-error" id="id39" name="id39">type_error</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#invalid-torrent-file" id="id40" name="id40">invalid_torrent_file</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#exceptions" id="id34" name="id34">exceptions</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#invalid-handle" id="id35" name="id35">invalid_handle</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#duplicate-torrent" id="id36" name="id36">duplicate_torrent</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#invalid-encoding" id="id37" name="id37">invalid_encoding</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#type-error" id="id38" name="id38">type_error</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#invalid-torrent-file" id="id39" name="id39">invalid_torrent_file</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#examples" id="id41" name="id41">examples</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#dump-torrent" id="id42" name="id42">dump_torrent</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#simple-client" id="id43" name="id43">simple client</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#examples" id="id40" name="id40">examples</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#dump-torrent" id="id41" name="id41">dump_torrent</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#simple-client" id="id42" name="id42">simple client</a></li>
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</ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#fast-resume" id="id44" name="id44">fast resume</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#file-format" id="id45" name="id45">file format</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#fast-resume" id="id43" name="id43">fast resume</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#file-format" id="id44" name="id44">file format</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#extensions" id="id46" name="id46">extensions</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#aknowledgements" id="id47" name="id47">Aknowledgements</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#extensions" id="id45" name="id45">extensions</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#aknowledgements" id="id46" name="id46">Aknowledgements</a></li>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id9" name="introduction">introduction</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="introduction">introduction</a></h1>
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<p>libtorrent is a C++ library that aims to be a good alternative to all the
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<a class="reference" href="links.html">other bittorrent implementations</a> around. It is a
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other bittorrent implementations around. It is a
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library and not a full featured client, although it comes with a working
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example client.</p>
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<p>The main goals of libtorrent are:</p>
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<p>libtorrent is released under the <a class="reference" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php">BSD-license</a>.</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id10" name="building">building</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="building">building</a></h1>
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<p>Whwn building in release mode you need to define NDEBUG in order to avoid
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all asserts and invariant checks within libtorrent. Developer studio does
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this by default.</p>
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<p>TODO: more detailed build instructions.</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id11" name="using">using</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="using">using</a></h1>
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<p>The interface of libtorrent consists of a few classes. The main class is
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the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">session</span></tt>, it contains the main loop that serves all torrents.</p>
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<p>The basic usage is as follows:</p>
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<p>Each class and function is described in this manual.</p>
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<div class="section" id="session">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id12" name="session">session</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="session">session</a></h1>
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<p>The <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">session</span></tt> class has the following synopsis:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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class session: public boost::noncopyable
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id13" name="parsing-torrent-files">parsing torrent files</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="parsing-torrent-files">parsing torrent files</a></h1>
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<p>The torrent files are <a class="reference" href="http://wiki.theory.org/index.php/BitTorrentSpecification">bencoded</a>. There are two functions in libtorrent that can encode and decode
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bencoded data. They are:</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id14" name="entry">entry</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="entry">entry</a></h1>
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<p>The <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">entry</span></tt> class represents one node in a bencoded hierarchy. It works as a
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variant type, it can be either a list, a dictionary (<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">std::map</span></tt>), an integer
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id15" name="torrent-info">torrent_info</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="torrent-info">torrent_info</a></h1>
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<p>The <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">torrent_info</span></tt> has the following synopsis:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id16" name="torrent-handle">torrent_handle</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="torrent-handle">torrent_handle</a></h1>
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<p>You will usually have to store your torrent handles somewhere, since it's the
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object through which you retrieve infromation about the torrent and aborts the torrent.
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Its declaration looks like this:</p>
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It may throw <a class="reference" href="#invalid-handle">invalid_handle</a> if the torrent handle is invalid.</p>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id17" name="status">status()</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="status">status()</a></h2>
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<p><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">status()</span></tt> will return a structure with information about the status of this
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torrent. If the <a class="reference" href="#torrent-handle">torrent_handle</a> is invalid, it will throw <a class="reference" href="#invalid-handle">invalid_handle</a> exception.
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It contains the following fields:</p>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id18" name="get-download-queue">get_download_queue()</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="get-download-queue">get_download_queue()</a></h2>
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<p><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">get_download_queue()</span></tt> takes a non-const reference to a vector which it will fill
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information about pieces that are partially downloaded or not downloaded at all but partially
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requested. The entry in the vector (<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">partial_piece_info</span></tt>) looks like this:</p>
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<div class="section" id="get-peer-info">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id19" name="get-peer-info">get_peer_info()</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="get-peer-info">get_peer_info()</a></h2>
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<p><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">get_peer_info()</span></tt> takes a reference to a vector that will be cleared and filled
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with one entry for each peer connected to this torrent, given the handle is valid. If the
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<a class="reference" href="#torrent-handle">torrent_handle</a> is invalid, it will throw <a class="reference" href="#invalid-handle">invalid_handle</a> exception. Each entry in
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id20" name="get-torrent-info">get_torrent_info()</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="get-torrent-info">get_torrent_info()</a></h2>
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<p>Returns a const reference to the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">torrent_info</span></tt> object associated with this torrent.
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This reference is valid as long as the <a class="reference" href="#torrent-handle">torrent_handle</a> is valid, no longer. If the
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<a class="reference" href="#torrent-handle">torrent_handle</a> is invalid, <a class="reference" href="#invalid-handle">invalid_handle</a> exception will be thrown.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="is-valid">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id21" name="is-valid">is_valid()</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="is-valid">is_valid()</a></h2>
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<p>Returns true if this handle refers to a valid torrent and false if it hasn't been initialized
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or if the torrent it refers to has been aborted.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="address">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id22" name="address">address</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="address">address</a></h1>
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<p>The <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">address</span></tt> class represents a name of a network endpoint (usually referred to as
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IP-address) and a port number. This is the same thing as a <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">sockaddr_in</span></tt> would contain.
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Its declaration looks like this:</p>
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<p><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">ip()</span></tt> will return the 32-bit ip-address as an integer. <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">port()</span></tt> returns the port number.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="http-settings">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id23" name="http-settings">http_settings</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="http-settings">http_settings</a></h1>
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<p>You have some control over tracker requests through the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">http_settings</span></tt> object. You
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create it and fill it with your settings and the use <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">session::set_http_settings()</span></tt>
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to apply them. You have control over proxy and authorization settings and also the user-agent
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1 megabyte.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="big-number">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id24" name="big-number">big_number</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="big-number">big_number</a></h1>
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<p>Both the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">peer_id</span></tt> and <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">sha1_hash</span></tt> types are typedefs of the class
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<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">big_number</span></tt>. It represents 20 bytes of data. Its synopsis follows:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ public:
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<p>The iterators gives you access to individual bytes.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="hasher">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id25" name="hasher">hasher</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="hasher">hasher</a></h1>
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<p>This class creates sha1-hashes. Its declaration looks like this:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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class hasher
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@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ call <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">reset()</span></tt> to reinitialize i
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For more info, see <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">src/sha1.c</span></tt>.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="fingerprint">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id26" name="fingerprint">fingerprint</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="fingerprint">fingerprint</a></h1>
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<p>The fingerprint class represents information about a client and its version. It is used
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to encode this information into the client's peer id.</p>
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<p>This is the class declaration:</p>
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@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ sure not to clash with anybody else. Here are some taken id's:</p>
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version of your client. All these numbers must be within the range [0, 9].</p>
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<p><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">to_string()</span></tt> will generate the actual string put in the peer-id, and return it.</p>
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<div class="section" id="identify-client">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id27" name="identify-client">identify_client</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="identify-client">identify_client</a></h2>
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<p>There's a function, in the header <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">libtorrent/identify_client.hpp</span></tt>, that can be used
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to extract a string describing a client version from its peer-id. It has the following
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declaration:</p>
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@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ std::string identify_client(const peer_id& id);
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="alerts">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id28" name="alerts">alerts</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="alerts">alerts</a></h1>
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<p>The <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pop_alert()</span></tt> function on session is the interface for retrieving
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alerts, warnings, messages and errors from libtorrent. If there hasn't
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occured any errors (matching your severity level) <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pop_alert()</span></tt> will
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@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ have a severity leve that can be used to sort them or present them to the
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user in different ways.</p>
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<p>The specific alerts, that all derives from <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">alert</span></tt>, are:</p>
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<div class="section" id="tracker-alert">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id29" name="tracker-alert">tracker_alert</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="tracker-alert">tracker_alert</a></h2>
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<p>This alert is generated on tracker time outs, premature disconnects, invalid response or
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a HTTP response other than "200 OK". From the alert you can get the handle to the torrent
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the tracker belongs to. This alert is generated as severity level <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">warning</span></tt>.</p>
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@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ struct tracker_alert: alert
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="hash-failed-alert">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id30" name="hash-failed-alert">hash_failed_alert</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="hash-failed-alert">hash_failed_alert</a></h2>
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<p>This alert is generated when a finished piece fails its hash check. You can get the handle
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to the torrent which got the failed piece and the index of the piece itself from the alert.
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This alert is generated as severity level <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">info</span></tt>.</p>
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@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ struct hash_failed_alert: alert
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="peer-error-alert">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id31" name="peer-error-alert">peer_error_alert</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="peer-error-alert">peer_error_alert</a></h2>
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<p>This alert is generated when a peer sends invalid data over the peer-peer protocol. The peer
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will be disconnected, but you get its peer-id from the alert. This alert is generated
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as severity level <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">debug</span></tt>.</p>
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@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ struct peer_error_alert: alert
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="invalid-request-alert">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id32" name="invalid-request-alert">invalid_request_alert</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="invalid-request-alert">invalid_request_alert</a></h2>
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<p>Thie is a debug alert that is generated by an incoming invalid piece request.</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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struct invalid_request_alert: alert
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@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ struct invalid_request_alert: alert
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="chat-message-alert">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id33" name="chat-message-alert">chat_message_alert</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="chat-message-alert">chat_message_alert</a></h2>
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<p>This alert is generated when you receive a chat message from another peer. Chat messages
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are supported as an extension ("chat"). It is generated as severity level <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">critical</span></tt>,
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even though it doesn't necessarily require any user intervention, it's high priority
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@ -1115,16 +1115,16 @@ struct chat_message_alert: alert
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="dispatcher">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id34" name="dispatcher">dispatcher</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="dispatcher">dispatcher</a></h2>
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<p>TODO: describe the dispatcher mechanism</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="exceptions">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id35" name="exceptions">exceptions</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="exceptions">exceptions</a></h1>
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<p>There are a number of exceptions that can be thrown from different places in libtorrent,
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here's a complete list with description.</p>
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<div class="section" id="invalid-handle">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id36" name="invalid-handle">invalid_handle</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="invalid-handle">invalid_handle</a></h2>
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<p>This exception is thrown when querying information from a <a class="reference" href="#torrent-handle">torrent_handle</a> that hasn't
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been initialized or that has become invalid.</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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|
@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ struct invalid_handle: std::exception
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="duplicate-torrent">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id37" name="duplicate-torrent">duplicate_torrent</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="duplicate-torrent">duplicate_torrent</a></h2>
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<p>This is thrown by <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">session::add_torrent()</span></tt> if the torrent already has been added to
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the session.</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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|
@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ struct duplicate_torrent: std::exception
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="invalid-encoding">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id38" name="invalid-encoding">invalid_encoding</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="invalid-encoding">invalid_encoding</a></h2>
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<p>This is thrown by <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">bdecode()</span></tt> if the input data is not a valid bencoding.</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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struct invalid_encoding: std::exception
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@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ struct invalid_encoding: std::exception
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="type-error">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id39" name="type-error">type_error</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="type-error">type_error</a></h2>
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<p>This is thrown from the accessors of <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">entry</span></tt> if the data type of the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">entry</span></tt> doesn't
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match the type you want to extract from it.</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ struct type_error: std::runtime_error
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="invalid-torrent-file">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id40" name="invalid-torrent-file">invalid_torrent_file</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="invalid-torrent-file">invalid_torrent_file</a></h2>
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<p>This exception is thrown from the constructor of <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">torrent_info</span></tt> if the given bencoded information
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doesn't meet the requirements on what information has to be present in a torrent file.</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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@ -1179,9 +1179,9 @@ struct invalid_torrent_file: std::exception
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="examples">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id41" name="examples">examples</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="examples">examples</a></h1>
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<div class="section" id="dump-torrent">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id42" name="dump-torrent">dump_torrent</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="dump-torrent">dump_torrent</a></h2>
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<p>This is an example of a program that will take a torrent-file as a parameter and
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print information about it to std out:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
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</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="simple-client">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id43" name="simple-client">simple client</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="simple-client">simple client</a></h2>
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<p>This is a simple client. It doesn't have much output to keep it simple:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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#include <iostream>
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@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="fast-resume">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id44" name="fast-resume">fast resume</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="fast-resume">fast resume</a></h1>
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<p>The fast resume mechanism is a way to remember which pieces are downloaded and where they
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are put between sessions. You can generate fast resume data by calling
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<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">torrent_handle::write_resume_data()</span></tt> on <a class="reference" href="#torrent-handle">torrent_handle</a>. You can then save this data
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@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ will skip the time consuming checks. It may have to do the checking anyway, if t
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fast-resume data is corrupt or doesn't fit the storage for that torrent, then it will
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not trust the fast-resume data and just do the checking.</p>
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<div class="section" id="file-format">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id45" name="file-format">file format</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="file-format">file format</a></h2>
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<p>The file format is a bencoded dictionary containing the following fields:</p>
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<table border class="table">
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<colgroup>
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@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ piece.</td>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="extensions">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id46" name="extensions">extensions</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="extensions">extensions</a></h1>
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<p>These extensions all operates within the <a class="reference" href="http://nolar.com/azureus/extended.html">extension protocol</a>. The
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name of the extension is the name used in the extension-list packets,
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and the payload is the data in the extended message (not counting the
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@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ with future versions of bittorrent.</p>
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+- - - - - - - - - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ -->
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="aknowledgements">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id47" name="aknowledgements">Aknowledgements</a></h1>
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<h1><a name="aknowledgements">Aknowledgements</a></h1>
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<p>Written by Arvid Norberg and Daniel Wallin. Copyright (c) 2003</p>
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<p>Contributions by Magnus Jonsson</p>
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<p>Thanks to Reimond Retz for bugfixes, suggestions and testing</p>
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