Creating Torrents

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h1. Creating Torrents
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<pre><code class="java">
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        // 'path' is the location of the file/folder which is going to be converted
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        // to a torrent. 'savePath' is where the .torrent file will be saved.
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        void CreateTorrent(string path, string savePath)
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        {
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            // The class used for creating the torrent
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            TorrentCreator c = new TorrentCreator();
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            // Add one tier which contains two trackers
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            List<string> tier = new List<string>();
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            tier.Add("http://www.example.com/announce");
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            tier.Add("http://backup.example.com/announce");
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            c.Announces.Add(tier);
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            c.Comment = "This is the comment";
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            c.CreatedBy = "Alan using " + VersionInfo.ClientVersion;
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            c.Publisher = "www.homepage.com";
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            // Set the torrent as private so it will not use DHT or peer exchange
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            // Generally you will not want to set this.
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            c.Private = true;
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            // Path can be either a directory *or* a file.
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            c.Path = path;
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            // Every time a piece has been hashed, this event will fire. It is an
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            // asynchronous event, so you have to handle threading yourself.
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            c.Hashed += delegate (object o, TorrentCreatorEventArgs e) {
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                Console.WriteLine("Current File is {0}% hashed", e.FileCompletion);
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                Console.WriteLine("Overall {0}% hashed", e.OverallCompletion);
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                Console.WriteLine("Total data to hash: {0}", e.OverallSize);
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            };
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            // Create the torrent file and save it to the specified path
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            c.Create(save_path);
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        }
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</code class="java"></pre>