pprint_torrent

Pretty-print the contents of torrent files!

pprint_torrent can be used to inspect the contents of torrent files. The metainfo dict is pretty-printed with indendation of sub-levels. The maximum depth can be limited as well. To keep the output compact, the long binary pieces hash sequence is hidden from the output automatically. pieces root hashes from v2 torrents are hexlified (both in the file tree and in the piece layers dict).

Usage

Commandline parameters:

usage: pprint_torrent.py [-h] [-i INDENT] [-w WIDTH] [-d DEPTH] torrent_file

Pretty-print a given torrent file's metainfo dict to stdout.

positional arguments:
torrent_file          Path to the torrent file

options:
-h, --help            show this help message and exit
-i INDENT, --indent INDENT
                        Indentation width (default: 2)
-w WIDTH, --width WIDTH
                        Maximum width of a line (default: 200)
-d DEPTH, --depth DEPTH
                        Maximum depth to show (default: unlimited)

Example command:

$ pprint_torrent.py kubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent -w 100

Output:

{ b'announce': b'https://torrent.ubuntu.com/announce',
  b'comment': b'Kubuntu CD cdimage.ubuntu.com',
  b'creation date': 1587648815,
  b'info': { b'length': 2354036736,
             b'name': b'kubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso',
             b'piece length': 1048576,
             b'pieces': '44900 bytes (hidden in this output)'}}

Installation

Execute:

pip install pprint_torrent