webtorrent Command Examples

The command-line interface for WebTorrent. Supports magnets, URLs, info hashes and .torrent files. More information: https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent-cli.

• Download a torrent:

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}"

• Stream a torrent to VLC media player:

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --vlc

• Stream a torrent to a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) device:

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --dlna

• Display a list of files for a specific torrent:

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --select

• Specify a file index from the torrent to download:

webtorrent download "{{torrent_id}}" --select {{index}}

• Seed a specific file or directory:

webtorrent seed {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• Create a new torrent file for the specified file path:

webtorrent create {{path/to/file}}

• Display information for a magnet URI or .torrent file:

webtorrent info {{path/to/file_or_magnet}}