How to stop/resume torrent ?

[FrancoisMentec]

I'm using webtorrent server side
npm : 3.10.5
webtorrent : 0.98.0

torrent.pause() only stop connecting to new peers so it doesn't stop torrent, I used : client.remove(mytorrent.infoHash)
and later :

client.add(mytorrent.magnerURI, function(torrent){
  //This callback is never triggered
});

Can't add torrent again, the torrent exists in the client but it never start, there is no metadata. I need to stop my nodejs app and restart it to add it again.

Is there an efficient way to stop/resume torrent ?

Not sure if it's the right place to ask this.

EDIT
I found a solution :
stop :

torrent.pause()
torrent.wires = [];

resume :

for(var p in torrent._peers){
  torrent.wires.push(torrent._peers[p].wire);
}
torrent.resume();

Probably not the best but it's the only way I found, what do you think about it ? is there a better way ?

[feross]

• Can you post the full code that you used to initially add the torrent?
• Are you waiting until the client.add() callback is called or torrent.on('infoHash') event is fired before calling client.remove()?

I would be very surprised if client.remove() was not working.

[FrancoisMentec]

My function to add a torrent :

TorrentAPI.addTorrentFromMagnet = function(magnetURI){
   if(TorrentAPI.client.get(magnetURI)===null){
	    TorrentAPI.client.add(magnetURI, { path: TorrentAPI.downloadsPath }, function (torrent) {
				if(typeof torrent.infoHash == "undefined"){
					torrent.on('infoHash', function(){
						TorrentAPI.torrentsData[torrent.infoHash] = new TorrentData(torrent);
					});
				}else{
					TorrentAPI.torrentsData[torrent.infoHash] = new TorrentData(torrent);
				}
	    });
		}else{
			console.log("Torrent already added, can't duplicate it");
		}
  }

It work the first time I add the torrent but if I remove it I can't add it again. Remove work, but the callback for client.add() is only fired the first time I use it. I wait torrent.on('infoHash') to remove the torrent and use the infoHash to do it.

[feross]

It looks like you're not actually removing the torrent.

The callback to client.add() is called AFTER the 'infohash' event has already fired. You need to listen to it like this:

var torrent = client.add(...)
torrent.on('infohash', onInfoHash)
torrent.on('ready,' onReady)

Note: The callback to client.add() is just a shorthand for listening to the 'ready' event.

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