Magnet-scrape NPM

magnet-scrape

Are you tired of writing fragile web scraping libraries on a per site basis? Why not use a library that works for every site that has magnet links in their responses? The response can be in html, json, xml, or any other format that contains magnets.

Modeled after the Energizer Bunny
Makes no unnecessary assumptions
Doesn't break when sites update
It's a complete solution when paired with tracker scraping to get peer counts
Only has one optional dependency: entities

The CLI tool can be found here.

const scrape = require('magnet-scrape');
const request = require('request');

const uri = 'https://thepiratebay.org/search/ubuntu%20desktop/0/99/300';

request(uri, (error, response) => {
  if (error) throw error;
  
  const torrents = scrape(response.body);
  console.log(torrents);
});

Returns:

[
  {
    "announce": [
      "udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969",
      "udp://zer0day.ch:1337",
      "udp://open.demonii.com:1337",
      "udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969",
      "udp://exodus.desync.com:6969"
    ],
    "infoHash": "E84213A794F3CCD890382A54A64CA68B7E925433",
    "name": "Ubuntu 18.04.1 Desktop 64 bit",
    "magnet": "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:e84213a794f3ccd890382a54a64ca68b7e925433&dn=Ubuntu+18.04.1+Desktop+64+bit&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fzer0day.ch%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969"
  },
  ...
]