torboost

Download utility for Tor

About

This tool was designed specifically for downloading large files from onion services for analysis. It does so by retrieving chunks using multiple circuits, so the server must support byte ranges (Accept-Ranges, most of them do). If a given part fails (connection issues, chunk smaller than expected), it is being put back to the queue. Once all bits and pieces are ready they are combined, and the final result is saved in the ./downloads directory.

Warning

This way of utilizing Tor network reduces your anonymity!

Requirements

• tor

Installation

$ pip install torboost

Usage

Basic usage, you may need to wait a while until all circuits are established:

$ torboost -u 'http://example.onion/data.zip'

If you want to combine the files before download is finished:

$ torboost -u 'http://example.onion/data.zip' --combine

In case you experience delays, or there is a problem establishing circuits you can reset workers using:

$ torboost -u 'http://example.onion/data.zip' --reset

Custom configuration file

You can create a custom configuration file for Tor (JSON-based), for example:

{
    "ExitNodes": "{se},{no},{be},{hr},{cz},{fi},{dk},{lu},{nl}",
    "StrictNodes": "1"
}

And then apply it with:

$ torboost -u 'http://example.onion/data.zip' --config custom.json

Arguments

usage: torboost [-h] -u URL [-p TOR_PROCESSES] [--control-port-start CONTROL_PORT_START] [--socks-port-start SOCKS_PORT_START] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--chunk-size CHUNK_SIZE] [--user-agent USER_AGENT] [--config CONFIG] [--debug] [--combine] [--reset] [-v]

Utility for downloading files from onion services using multiple Tor circuits

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -u URL, --url URL     Download URL (default: None)
  -p TOR_PROCESSES, --tor-processes TOR_PROCESSES
                        Number of Tor processes (default: 5)
  --control-port-start CONTROL_PORT_START
                        First port for Tor control (default: 10080)
  --socks-port-start SOCKS_PORT_START
                        First port for SOCKS (default: 9080)
  --timeout TIMEOUT     Timeout for Tor relay connection (default: 300)
  --chunk-size CHUNK_SIZE
                        Size of a single download block (in bytes) (default: 50MB)
  --user-agent USER_AGENT
                        User-Agent header (default: python-requests/2.27.1)
  --config CONFIG       Custom Tor configuration file (JSON)
  --debug               Enable debugging mode (verbose output) (default: INFO)
  --combine             Combine all chunks downloaded so far
  --reset               Remove data directories and rebuild circuits
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit