Option to disable BEP19 web seeds

docs/api.md

@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ If `opts` is specified, then the default options (shown below) will be overridde
 
 ```js
 {
-  dht: Boolean|Object,     // Enable DHT (default=true), or options object for DHT
   maxConns: Number,        // Max number of connections per torrent (default=55)
   nodeId: String|Buffer,   // DHT protocol node ID (default=randomly generated)
   peerId: String|Buffer,   // Wire protocol peer ID (default=randomly generated)
-  tracker: Boolean|Object  // Enable trackers (default=true), or options object for Tracker
+  tracker: Boolean|Object, // Enable trackers (default=true), or options object for Tracker
+  dht: Boolean|Object,     // Enable DHT (default=true), or options object for DHT
+  webSeeds: Boolean        // Enable BEP19 web seeds (default=true)
 }
 ```
 

index.js

@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ function WebTorrent (opts) {
     self.dht = false
   }
 
+  // Enable or disable BEP19 (Web Seeds). Enabled by default:
+  self.enableWebSeeds = opts.webSeeds !== false
+
   if (typeof loadIPSet === 'function' && opts.blocklist != null) {
     loadIPSet(opts.blocklist, {
       headers: {

lib/torrent.js

@@ -471,9 +471,11 @@ Torrent.prototype._onMetadata = function (metadata) {
   self.metadata = self.torrentFile
 
   // add web seed urls (BEP19)
-  self.urlList.forEach(function (url) {
-    self.addWebSeed(url)
-  })
+  if (self.client.enableWebSeeds) {
+    self.urlList.forEach(function (url) {
+      self.addWebSeed(url)
+    })
+  }
 
   // start off selecting the entire torrent with low priority
   if (self.pieces.length !== 0) {