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bin+lib magnetfinder

Multi-threaded CLI torrent scraper & aggregator

4 releases (breaking)

0.4.0 Oct 23, 2021
0.3.0 Oct 3, 2021
0.2.0 Sep 22, 2021
0.1.0 Sep 17, 2021

#5 in #aggregator

GPL-3.0 license

41KB
1K SLoC

magnetfinder

Multi-threaded CLI torrent aggregator; scrapes torrent results from multiple websites and delivers them into a table in your terminal!

Supported Websites:

  • nyaa
  • piratebay
  • YTS

Supported torrent client for autodownloads:

  • deluge-console
  • transmission-cli

Usage

Running magnetfinder without any arguments will launch interactive mode, prompting for similar information set by flags.

Flags/Arguments

-q, --query <query> search query to use
-n, --nyaa scrape nyaa for torrents
-p, --piratebay scrape piratebay for torrents
-y, --yts get torrents from YIFY/YTS
-a, --all scrape all available websites together
-d, --download autodownload the torrent(s) selected
--depth <depth> specifies how many pages to search through for each website, default is 1
--dir <directory> directory to download torrent if autodownload was toggled
--sort <seeds/size> allows you to specifiy if the torrent table is sorted by seeders or size
--proxy <proxy url> allows you to set a proxy to use when making web requests to torrent websites & api
--show <num> truncate list of torrents displayed by the number argument given
--no-interactive displays all torrents with magnet directly without interacting (--show is useful here)

Configuration

Settings.toml (for setting default behavior, such as download directories & autodownload) is located in an OS specific directory:
~/.config/magnetfinder/ on Linux
/AppData/Roaming/magnetfinder on Windows
/Library/Application Support/magnetfinder/ on macOS

Installation

First install rust if you haven't already: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install

From Cargo/Crate: cargo install magnetfinder

From Source:

  • git clone https://github.com/bleusakura/magnetfinder.git then cargo build --release
  • After building, the binary will be located in ./target/release/, which can then be moved elsewhere.

You can also decide to skip compiling and download a binary from the releases section

Dependencies

~7–15MB
~200K SLoC