magnetlink

#!/usr/bin/env bash
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#
# magnetlink
# --------------
# A utility to convert a magnet link to a .torrent file and add it to the 
# watch directory so that rtorrent can find it.
#
# @author Isis Agora Lovecruft, 0x2cdb8b35 ;
#     Max Gonzih, 
#     blog.gonzih.org/blog/2012/02/17/how-to-use-magnet-links-with-rtorrent/
# @date 21 August 2012
# @version 0.0.1
#______________________________________________________________________________
# Changelog:
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## set your watch directory here:
WATCH_DIRECTORY="$HOME/video/watch"

#cd $WATCH_DIRECTORY
#
#[[ "$1" =~ xt=urn:btih:([^&/]+) ]] || echo "bad magnet link..." && \
#    logger "magnetlink error: bad magnet link!" && exit 1 ;
#
#echo "d10:magnet-uri${#1}:${1}e" > "meta-${BASH_REMATCH[1]}.torrent" && \
#    logger "magnetlink: link copied as torrent to watch directory" && \
#    exit 0 ;

cd $WATCH_DIRECTORY || exit
[[ "$1" =~ xt=urn:btih:([^&/]+) ]] || exit
hashh=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
if [[ "$1" =~ dn=([^&/]+) ]];then
  filename=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
else
  filename=$hashh
fi
fn="meta-"$filename".torrent"
touch $fn
echo "d10:magnet-uri${#1}:${1}e" | cat > $fn