sanko / net-bittorrent

Name
    Net::BitTorrent - BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol class

Synopsis
    use Net::BitTorrent;

    my $client = Net::BitTorrent->new();

    $client->on_event(
        q[piece_hash_pass],
        sub {
            my ($self, $args) = @_;
            printf(qq[pass: piece number %04d of %s\n],
                   $args->{q[Index]}, $args->{q[Torrent]}->infohash);
        }
    );

    my $torrent = $client->add_torrent({Path => q[a.legal.torrent]})
        or die q[Cannot load .torrent];

    $torrent->hashcheck;  # Verify any existing data

    $client->do_one_loop() while 1;

Description
    "Net::BitTorrent" is a class based implementation of the current
    BitTorrent Protocol Specification. Each "Net::BitTorrent" object is
    capable of handling several concurrent .torrent sessions.

Installation
    This distribution uses "Module::Build" for installation, so use the
    following procedure:

      perl Build.PL
      ./Build
      ./Build test
      ./Build install

Bugs
    Please see the Todo file included with this distribution,
    perldoc Net::BitTorrent, and perldoc Net::BitTorrent::TODO, and
    http://sankorobinson.com/net-bittorrent/ for more information.

Author
    Sanko Robinson <sanko@cpan.org> - http://sankorobinson.com/

    CPAN ID: SANKO

License and Legal
    Copyright (C) 2008-2009 by Sanko Robinson <sanko@cpan.org>

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of The Artistic License 2.0. See the LICENSE file
    included with this distribution or
    http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0. For clarification,
    see http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_2_0_notes.

    When separated from the distribution, all POD documentation is covered
    by the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. See
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/legalcode. For
    clarification, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/.

    Neither this module nor the Author is affiliated with BitTorrent, Inc.

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