Get torrent info before adding?

[forkandspoon]

Hi,

I'm new to Deluge plugin development but thinking of writing a plugin that lets you add a torrent (that you already had downloaded in past) and it recursively auto scans your drive for the files (pieces) and if they exist, then sets that to be the download location so it can seed from there.

Question is in core.py of a custom plugin, I know

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component.get("TorrentManager")[torrent_id].get_files()

will give you a list of files from a torrent already added.

But is it possible to call get_files() BEFORE the torrent is added to the TorrentManager?

Or do I have to decode the .torrent file manually?

[grebb]

I've been thinking about a plugin like this too. I haven't had a real look at any deluge code yet but there should be a lot that can be reused for this, some of which should solve your problem. I have some experience with python and would like to help. Is there any special reason for scanning recursively?

I'm thinking the fastest approach would be to first look for similarities in the name and/or size. Then use deluges built in verification on the files/folders. That's as far as I've been thinking.

[johnnyg]

Have a look at: http://deluge-torrent.org/docs/master/m ... orrentInfo

[grebb]

wow perfect

With some luck "os" can make some nice returns on file structures. That way the scan wouldn't have to be painfully slow. We need to put down all the options and result presentation that is needed in the plugin.

the choice to not complementing the torrent by default. we need to set the torrent state in detail there.
setting path of the scan.