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    Client File Format

    Hi there !
    While reading this keep in mind that it is a proposal and your ideas are welcome.

    1. Client file format
    In order to share client file definition, we should agree on a format that everyone could understand. This thread is a proposal on this subject.
    The below definition is a definition format example.
    Code:
    {
        "keyGenerator": {
            "length": 8,
            "type": "hash",
            "refreshOn": "TIMED_OR_AFTER_STARTED_ANNOUNCE",
            "refreshEvery": 10,
            "case": "upper"
        },
        "peerIdGenerator": {
            "pattern": "-NOP1000(\u008d\u00ab)[\u0001-\u00ff]{10}",
            "refreshOn": "NEVER",
            "shouldUrlEncode": true
        },
        "urlEncoder": {
            "encodingExclusionPattern": "[A-Za-z0-9-]",
            "encodedHexCase": "lower"
        },
        "query": "info_hash={infohash}&peer_id={peerid}&port={port}&uploaded={uploaded}&downloaded={downloaded}&left={left}&corrupt=0&key={key}&event={event}&numwant={numwant}&compact=1&no_peer_id=1",
        "numwant": 200,
        "numwantOnStop": 0,
        "requestHeaders": [
            { "name": "host", "value": "xxxxx"}
            { "name": "User-Agent", "value": "xxxxx" },
            .....
        ]
    }
    Key generator:
    • length: Length of the key, however if type is hash_no_leading_zero, the key may be shorter.
    • type: Type of the key (see available types in CFT).
    • refreshOn: When the key should be refreshed (see available triggers in CFT).
    • refreshEvery: If the key refresh is triggered by a timer, this defines the timer (in seconds). If the trigger is not a timer this parameter MUST be ommited.
    • case: Define the casing of the key (lower, upper, none). With none accepting both upper and lower in the key.


    PeerId generator:
    • pattern: A regex pattern that matches the peerId (accepting unicode characters).
    • refreshOn: When the peerid should be refreshed (see available triggers in CFT).
    • refreshEvery: If the peerid refresh is triggered by a timer, this defines the timer (in seconds). If the trigger is not a timer this parameter MUST be ommited.
    • shouldUrlEncode: Define if the peerid should be url encoded or not.


    Url encoder:
    • encodingExclusionPattern: Define which characters musn't be encoded, if empty all characters must be encoded.
    • encodedHexCase: Define the casing of the encoded characters (lower, upper, none) and only the encoded characters. For example, if the url-encoded string is %a2Pmb and the casing is upper it will result in %A2Pmb.


    query:
    The query format (with placeholders for values).

    Numwants
    • numwant: The numwant to be reported on all events except for STOPPED.
    • numwantOnStop: The numwant to be reported on STOPPED events.


    requestHeaders
    A list of headers and theirs values, some values can be replaced by placeholders.



    2. Placeholders
    In announce queries and HTTP Headers there is a lot of dynamical values :{infohash}, {downloaded} and so on. The following values have been identified so far.
    In Announce URL
    Some clients URL encode some of these properties.
    • infohash: Each torrent have an info-hash this is some kind of an ID card. This is an hash and every BitTorrent clients will have the same info-hash for a given .torrent file.
    • peerid: This is the client identifier in the crowd, follows a specific pattern for each BitTorrent clients. Also, the peerid is refreshed by different triggers (triggers can be found in CFT).
    • port: The port that the BitTorrent client listen on for peer connection.
    • uploaded: How many bytes have been uploaded since announce STARTED.
    • downloaded: How many bytes have been downloaded since announce STARTED.
    • left: How many bytes needs to be downloaded in order to have fully ownlaoded the torrent content.
    • key: Each BitTorrent clients will generate his key with a specific pattern (types can be found in CFT). Also, the key is refreshed by different triggers (triggers can be found in CFT).
    • event: Define for which purpose the BitTorrent client is sending the announce, if NONE, the event MUST be removed from the announce URL.
    • numwant: number of peers to be returned by trackers.
    • ip: The BitTorrent's client public IP.
    • ipv6: The BitTorrent's client public IPV6.
    • localip: The BitTorrent's client private (local) IP (192.xxx.xxx.xxx).



    In HTTP headers
    • host: The host to send the request to.
    • java: The Java Runtime Environment version used by BitTorrent client (like so: 1.8.0_66).
    • os: The OS BitTorrent client is running on (Windows 10, Linux, ...).
    • locale: The system locale (like so: en-US, en-GB, fr-FR, ...).
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    Updated to make the client file definition more readable.

    If an admin comes by, can you please rename this Thread to : "Client file format"?
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