Bencode-elxr

Elixir solution for implementing the encoding and decoding of the Bencode format. This project was completed for academic purposes and while it adheres to the BitTorrent Spec it has not been tested with live BitTorrent traffic.

• BitTorrent Specification
• Bencode

Install

Add this github repository to your project dependencies.

Usage

import Bencode
{ status, result } = Bencode.decode(...)
Bencode.encode(...)

Bencode#encode(object)

object is either a String, Number, Array, or Object.

iex> Bencode.encode "fox molder"
"10:fox molder"

Bencode#decode(string)

Returns a tuple of status {:ok, ____}

iex> Bencode.decode "i400e"
{ :ok, 400 }

iex> Bencode.decode "17:hello cheese cake"
{ :ok, "hello cheese cake" }

iex> Bencode.decode "lll2:hieee"
{ :ok, [[["hi"]]]}