Do I need to manually specify tracker?

[singpolyma]

webtorrent/webtorrent#288 indicates that there is no DHT yet for the webtorrent side. So, do I need to manually add a webtorrent tracker to my magnet link so that instant.io and others can find my peers? Or will the CLI add one for me?

[DiegoRBaquero]

Default ones are provided if none is specified. https://github.com/feross/create-torrent/blob/master/index.js#L10-L13

[singpolyma]

That's for creating a new torrent -- what about seeding one I've downloaded?

[DiegoRBaquero]

WebTorrent core adds default webrtc trackers for downloading/seeding when none are specified.

If you use webtorrent seed command, it does create a torrent from the provided files. If you try to seed a magnet or .torrent, it will do a download process.

[feross]

If you want to seed an existing .torrent, the way to do it is to use client.add and pass in the right path option to where the file(s) are saved (the client will verify the files and not re-download the torrent).