bencode (pronounced like Bee-encode) is the encoding used by the peer-to-peer file sharing system BitTorrent for storing and transmitting loosely structured data.
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go get github.com/opencave/bencodebencode.Marshal take a object and returns a byte slice. bencode.Unmarshal take a byte slice and bind data pointer.
import "github.com/opencave/bencode" func main() { type FileInfo struct { Name string `bencode:"name"` Size int `bencode:"size"` FloatValue float64 // will be ignored, bencode not support float64 datatype } type Torrent struct { Announce string `bencode:"announce"` Files []FileInfo `bencode:"files"` Created int64 `bencode:"-"` } tor := Torrent{ Announce: "http://tracker", Files: []FileInfo{ {Name: "file1.txt", Size: 1024, FloatValue: 1.0}, }, } data, err := Marshal(tor) if err != nil { // do something } fmt.Println(string(data)) // d8:announce14:http://tracker5:filesld4:name9:file1.txt4:sizei1024eeee var decoded Torrent err = Unmarshal(data, &decoded) if err != nil { // do something } fmt.Printf("announce: %s\n", tor.Announce) // announce: http://tracker }openHoles is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Refer to LICENSE for more details.