MonoTorrent

h1. Creating Torrents

h1. Creating Torrents

<pre><code class="java">

        // 'path' is the location of the file/folder which is going to be converted

        // to a torrent. 'savePath' is where the .torrent file will be saved.

        void CreateTorrent(string path, string savePath)

        {

            // The class used for creating the torrent

            TorrentCreator c = new TorrentCreator();

            // Add one tier which contains two trackers

            List<string> tier = new List<string>();

            tier.Add("http://www.example.com/announce");

            tier.Add("http://backup.example.com/announce");

            c.Announces.Add(tier);

            c.Comment = "This is the comment";

            c.CreatedBy = "Alan using " + VersionInfo.ClientVersion;

            c.Publisher = "www.homepage.com";

            // Set the torrent as private so it will not use DHT or peer exchange

            c.Private = true;

            // Path can be either a directory *or* a file.

            c.Path = path;

            // Every time a piece has been hashed, this event will fire. It is an

            // asynchronous event, so you have to handle threading yourself.

            c.Hashed += delegate (object o, TorrentCreatorEventArgs e) {

                Console.WriteLine("Current File is {0}% hashed", e.FileCompletion);

                Console.WriteLine("Overall {0}% hashed", e.OverallCompletion);

                Console.WriteLine("Total data to hash: {0}", e.OverallSize);

            };

            // Create the torrent file and save it to the specified path

            c.Create(save_path);

        }

</code class="java"></pre>