Need cleaner way to programmatically start an http server for a torrent

[feross]

Opening an issue to track this feature request from @sammuel86.

[feross]

This is complete now. From the readme:

torrent.createServer([opts])

Create an http server to serve the contents of this torrent, dynamically fetching the
needed torrent pieces to satisfy http requests. Range requests are supported.

Returns an http.Server instance (got from calling http.createServer). If opts is specified, it is passed to the http.createServer function.

Visiting the root of the server / will show a list of links to individual files. Access
individual files at /<index> where <index> is the index in the torrent.files array
(e.g. /0, /1, etc.)

Here is a usage example:

var client = new WebTorrent()
client.add(magnet_uri, function (torrent) {
  // create HTTP server for this torrent
  var server = torrent.createServer()
  server.listen(port) // start the server listening to a port

  // visit http://localhost:<port>/ to see a list of files

  // access individual files at http://localhost:<port>/<index> where index is the index
  // in the torrent.files array

  // later, cleanup...
  server.close()
  client.destroy()
})

[paulxiong]

torrent.createServer() works in browser?

[DiegoRBaquero]

Nope.

On Feb 1, 2016, at 7:02 PM, Paul Xiong notifications@github.com wrote:

torrent.createServer() works in browser?

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[feross]

@paulxiong Use torrent.appendTo() if you want to add the torrent to your webpage.

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