Display multiple torrents

[br3ndonland]

What version of this package are you using? 4.0.3

What problem do you want to solve? Display info about multiple torrents

What do you think is the correct solution to this problem? Display each torrent being downloaded or seeded

Are you willing to submit a pull request to implement this change? Yeah, could totally take a stab at it

Description

Thanks for WebTorrent! 💖

webtorrent-cli can download multiple torrents by passing multiple filepaths or magnet links as arguments, like webtorrent download *.torrent. This multi-torrent support is helpful.

When more than one torrent is specified, webtorrent-cli automatically enables quiet mode (equivalent to the --quiet flag):

webtorrent-cli/bin/cmd.js

Lines 831 to 839 in bbbe6ef

	invalidArguments.forEach(arg => {
	if (argv[arg]) {
	return errorAndExit(new Error(
	`The --${arg} argument cannot be used with multiple files/folders.`
	))
	}
	})
	torrentCount = inputs.length
	enableQuiet()

This means the user is unable to see the status of any of the torrents.

Suggestions

It would be great to have a compact display of each torrent being downloaded or seeded.

I would propose something like this:

• Display each torrent in 1-2 lines, with select metadata:
  • name
  • download speed and size
  • upload speed and size
  • peers
• When the number of torrents exceeds the height of the terminal window, abbreviate the list like ... and <n> more (the current behavior for displaying peers)

It might look like this:

It's probably a good idea to support the --quiet flag, in case users want to preserve the existing behavior.

Related

• Seed multiple files at once #20
• Support downloading or seeding multiple files #21
• usage for seeding lots of torrent files #81
• Fix: multiple torrent downloads #177

Torrents from screenshot:

• Pwned passwords list (Have I Been Pwned - help Troy Hunt reduce egress fees)
• The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (LibriVox)
• Sintel (WebTorrent)

[github-actions]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

[DiegoRBaquero]

This would be great! happy to review a PR :)

[github-actions]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

[br3ndonland]

yes #240

[github-actions]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

[br3ndonland]

yes #240

[github-actions]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

[br3ndonland]

yes #240

[github-actions]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?