torrent-bencode 0.1

An implementation of Bencode encoding in Python 3

An implementation of Bencode encoding in Python 3

Installation

From PyPI:

pip install torrent-bencode

Usage

import bencode
bencode.encode([b'spam', b'eggs'])
bencode.decode(b'l4:spam4:eggse')

Types

Type mapping for encoding:

Bencode type	Python type
Dictionary	OrderedDict
List	list
Byte string	bytes
Integer	int

Type mapping for decoding:

Python type	Bencode type
dict	Dictionary
list or tuple	List
bytes	Byte string
int	Integer

If an OrderedDict is passed rather than a plain dict, the order of items will be preserved.