Enable WebTorrent in Python

[ghost]

Hi, I was wondering if WebTorrent is enabled by default in the Python version of Libtorrent (pip3 install libtorrent). When I seed, I can download with qBittorrent but not instant.io. So I was wondering if there is a special property that needs to be enabled, or a specific version to download, in order to enable WebTorrent support. Thank you.

[arvidn]

Webtorrent is only available in master, which does not have an official release or build uploaded to pypi yet. To get webtorrent support, you'd have to build the python module yourself, from the master branch.

[ghost]

I'm a bit of a novice, could I please have instructions on how to build the python module from Master with WebTorrent enabled? And so that I can package the module using PyInstaller, if possible. Thanks!

[uyjulian]

Basically:

sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
python3 -m pip install --global-option="--b2-args=webtorrent=on" git+https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent.git@master

[ghost]

Thank you, I built the python module myself and pip show libtorrent shows the version is 2.1.0. But I still can't download or seed files to/from instant.io. I read in another thread that a flag needs to be enabled when you install libtorrent in order for WebTorrent to work. Is this the same case here for installing with pip? Here is my code for downloading I copied from stackoverflow:

import libtorrent as lt
import time

ses = lt.session()
ses.listen_on(6881, 6891)
params = {
    'save_path': '/home/philip/Downloads/',
    'storage_mode': lt.storage_mode_t(2)}
link = "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:56e8b1c88b7133fafef4a8a925116eaa36862a21&dn=test.txt&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.btorrent.xyz&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openwebtorrent.com&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexplodie.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.empire-js.us%3A1337"
handle = lt.add_magnet_uri(ses, link, params)
ses.start_dht()

print('downloading metadata...')
while (not handle.has_metadata()):
    time.sleep(1)
print('got metadata, starting torrent download...')
while (handle.status().state != lt.torrent_status.seeding):
    s = handle.status()
    state_str = ['queued', 'checking', 'downloading metadata', \
                'downloading', 'finished', 'seeding', 'allocating']
    print('%.2f%% complete (down: %.1f kb/s up: %.1f kB/s peers: %d) %s %.3' % \
                (s.progress * 100, s.download_rate / 1000, s.upload_rate / 1000, \
                s.num_peers, state_str[s.state], s.total_download/1000000))
    time.sleep(5)

[arvidn]

webtorrent support is not enabled by default (yet). you need to pass in --b2-args=webtorrent=on to that setup.py command line

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[uyjulian]

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[kingomarnajjar]

WE WANT WEBTORRENT BY DEFAULT! (pretty pretty please :) @arvidn is a sex machine for creating and maintaining Libtorrent. It is a GOD made library. To change the world of torrenting, moving to webtorrent enabled by default completely changes the internet and the world. I don't think its possible to exaggerate the impact of the world doing browser peer to peer file sharing. It's one of those sounds boring but insanely impactful when you look back at it

Please be the king of torrents and make this god like feature a reality for the masses by default.

[kingomarnajjar]

I have a few friends and business customers that will use this to push 1-10tb of torrents a day. This becomes business crucial and we want to help be your hand oh github repo masters. #7283 #7281 #7283 #6789

[QuixThe2nd]

My friend linked me this issue. I'm interested in using WebTorrent as a CDN layer, if WebTorrent support gets enabled by default. I'm able to help with development and test in production.

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[kingomarnajjar]

This projects going to the moooon! 🚀🚀🚀 This is the next big thing since the #chiablockchain 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Broooo we can't miss out on this emergent system. FIRREEEE!

[Kief5555]

Yeah, the feature awesome. I love libtorrent and I would also love the support for webtorrent 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[Jhingun1]

I hope this gets implemented soon 🙏🥲

[petterreinholdtsen]

So do I. I have been waiting for this for years, to get it into the VLC bittorrent plugin in Debian.