How to download only one of the torrents?

[amilajack]

I'm having trouble understanding the documentation. How can I download only one of the torrents?

This is what I have so far:

// ....
client.add(magnetURI, function(torrent) {
     for (const file of torrent.files) {
       if (file.path.includes('mp4', 'srt')) {
         // How can I select only one of these?
         file.appendTo('body');
         break;
      }
    }
});

• WebTorrent version:
• Node.js version: 5.11.1
• Browser name/version (if using WebTorrent in the browser): Electron

[feross]

I assume you're asking about how to download one of the files in a torrent.

client.add(magnetURI, function(torrent) {
  for (const file of torrent.files) {
    if (file.path === some_condition) {
      file.appendTo('body')

      // or...

      file.getBuffer(function (buf) {
        console.log(buf.toString('hex')) // got raw data
      })
    }
  }
})

[amilajack]

Oh I see. So if I want to download only certain files, I have to call appendTo on them?

[DiegoRBaquero]

You should deselect the rest of files.

[feross]

Right. What @DiegoRBaquero said:

file.deselect()

[amilajack]

@feross @DiegoRBaquero Thanks a ton! Is there a way to list all the selected files (for debugging purposes)?

[DiegoRBaquero]

@amilajack You mean files? You could just create an attribute for the file.

[amilajack]

Yea sorry for the confusion. I edited my comment. I mean to ask how I could list all the files that are being downloaded from a given torrent? Ideally, I'd like to start a torrent, deselect certain files, and then list all the ones that are still selected.

[feross]

The way that selected files are tracked internally (based on byte ranges) would make this information kind of hard to expose, at the moment. I recommend tracking this information manually in your application.

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