bittorrent-tracker/examples/tracker-scrape.md

Count the number of peers using the scrape feature of torrent trackers

Here's a full example with browserify.

npm install browserify parse-torrent bittorrent-tracker

scrape.js:

var Tracker = require('bittorrent-tracker')
var magnet = require('magnet-uri')

var magnetURI = "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6a9759bffd5c0af65319979fb7832189f4f3c35d&dn=sintel.mp4&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.internetwarriors.net%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.btorrent.xyz&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.fastcast.nz&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openwebtorrent.com&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.webtorrent.io&ws=https%3A%2F%2Fwebtorrent.io%2Ftorrents%2Fsintel-1024-surround.mp4"

var parsedTorrent = magnet(magnetURI)

var opts = {
  infoHash: parsedTorrent.infoHash,
  announce: parsedTorrent.announce,
  peerId: new Buffer('01234567890123456789'), // hex string or Buffer
  port: 6881 // torrent client port
}

var client = new Tracker(opts)

client.scrape()

client.on('scrape', function (data) {
  console.log(data)
})

Bundle up scrape.js and it's dependencies into a single file called bundle.js:

browserify scrape.js -o bundle.js

index.html:

<script src="bundle.js"></script>

Open index.html in your browser.