Add `webtorrent` command line executable

[feross]

Since we're using browserify and we've used the node fs, dgram and net apis with browser-specific shims, webtorrent works in node out-of-the-box. Specifically, the bittorrent client works in node. The webtorrent client will take a bit more work.

We should add an executable so users can do:

$ npm install -g webtorrent
$ webtorrent /path/to/torrent

or

$ webtorrent magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d2474e86c95b19b8bcfdb92bc12c9d44667cfa36&dn=Leaves+of+Grass+by+Walt+Whitman.epub

[wtfaremyinitials]

What directory of the project do you want the command-line executable in?

[wtfaremyinitials]

Also, do you want the command to add the torrent and launch the normal GUI or be fully command line?

[feross]

@wtfaremyinitials are you implementing this? sweet!

In node, usually this type of thing would go in a bin folder in the root. bin/cmd.js or something like that. Then you add an entry to package.json to declare it. See https://www.npmjs.org/doc/files/package.json.html#bin

Would be awesome if you sent in a PR!

[feross]

Fully command-line, ideally. The normal GUI will assume Chrome is installed and that's not necessarily true. Plus launching Chrome is super heavyweight. Showing the progress in the terminal would be cool.

[shavyg2]

is this being worked on ?

[wtfaremyinitials]

I've been super busy with school stuff lately. If nobody else wants to do it, I might be able to find some time to do it in the next week.

[feross]

There's actually already a command line client in this repo. It's just a front-end to bittorrent-client, plus an http server. It's almost working, but bittorrent-client needs a bit more work first.

[feross]

WebTorrent is now usable as a command-line program, installable via npm. Give it a shot!

$ npm install webtorrent -g
$ webtorrent --help

Closing this issue now.