Name

bencode - Bencoding from BitTorrent protocol

Synopsis

:- use_module(library(bencode)).
main :-
    bencode([amount-3, food-spam], Bencoded),
    format('~s~n', [Bencoded]),

    bencode(Term, "l5:hello6:worlde"),
    format('~w~n', [Term]).
% Outputs:
% d6:amounti3e4:food4:spame
% [hello, world]

Description

library(bencode) implements Bencoding as used in the BitTorrent protocol. bencode/2 supports encoding, decoding and validation. See the predicate's documentation for full details.

Installation

Using SWI-Prolog 6.3 or later:

    $ swipl
    1 ?- pack_install(bencode).

Source code available and pull requests accepted on GitHub: https://github.com/mndrix/bencode

author

- Michael Hendricks <michael@ndrix.org>

license

- BSD

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