postman auto post api

[ghost92]

Yeah unless the InfoHash gets grabbed by a DHT crawler, then no one will know about the torrent. Adapting programs like btdigg.i2p or similar might be the best bet to avoid relying on a static tracker like postman.

[lgillis]

Yeah unless the InfoHash gets grabbed by a DHT crawler, then no one will know about the torrent.

Which InfoHash? Does it mean me?

[ghost92]

From your magnet link

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magnet:?xt=urn:btih:df52a72a9de0170b979e26b1886388d34c54c618

The InfoHash is df52a72a9de0170b979e26b1886388d34c54c618. The DHT network would propagate the torrent information (files, pieces, etc) and when someone finds your magnet link, they ask the DHT network for the torrent information, allowing your client to know what is needed to start downloading pieces.

[lgillis]

@ghost92,
But no one has tried that in the time the torrent was online. Thus, this remains a very theoretical discussion …

[cumlord]

idk that makes sense to me, that's usually how dht works as far as i know. it's not that it can't be done, just feels like may be unreliable w/o adapting btdigg but that seems really intimidating to me

I was thinking it might be worth the effort to just do simple script to input the hash of the newly created .torrent file to create magnet links of the open trackers, so at least after the torrent is up it can be propagated with magnet links outside of postman