A script based library to create and manage Metalink download files, which contain HTTP, FTP, rsync and P2P download links for single or multiple download files.

In addition, single-file BitTorrent files can be generated as well as imported.

The Python version is generally faster than the PHP version, especially for large files. But both versions offer exactly the same functionality, except for 32-bit limitations of PHP resulting in wrong

<size>

tags after scanning files bigger than 2 GB, which have to be manually corrected.

The library is a fork of the Metalink Editor by Hampus Wessman.

Please report bugs and feature requests in the Issues list.

For convenience the library provides a command-line interface.

``` Usage: metalink.py [FILE|DIRECTORY]...

Create Metalink and BitTorrent files by parsing download files. Helper files will be searched and parsed automatically: .metalink, .torrent, .mirrors, .md5, .sha1, .sha256 (sum, SUMS), .sig. Glob wildcard expressions are allowed for filenames (openproj-0.9.6*). Torrents will only be created for single files with chunks (parsed or scanned). Chunks will only be imported from single-file torrents.

Examples:

Parse file1, search helper files file1.* and generate file1.metalink.

In addition, create file1.torrent (if exists, create file1.torrent.new).

metalink.py file1 --create-torrent=http://linuxtracker.org/announce.php

Parse directory, search download and helper files . and generate

*.metalink for all non-helper files bigger than 1 MB.

First metalink file with no download file match will be the template

for download files with no corresponding metalink file.

metalink.py directory

Upgrade to new release with single metalink template.

metalink.py --version=1.1 file-1.0.zip.metalink file-1.1*

Update file-1.0*.metalink files with new version number 1.1,

parse file-1.1* and file-1.1*.torrent and generate file-1.1*.metalink.

metalink.py --version=1.1 file-1.0*.metalink

Define URL prefix to save the original .metalink download URL:

http://openoffice.org/url/prefix/file1.metalink

metalink.py http://openoffice.org/url/prefix/ file1

Options: --create-torrent=URLs Create torrent with given tracker URLs (comma separates groups, space separates group members: "t1, t2a t2b") --overwrite Overwrite existing files (otherwise append .new) -t, --template=FILE Metalink template file --url-prefix=URL URL prefix (where metalink should be placed online) -v, --verbose Verbose output -V Show program version and exit -h, --help Print this message and exit

Metalink options: --changelog=TEXT Changelog --copyright=TEXT Copyright --description=TEXT Description --identity=TEXT Identity --license-name=TEXT Name of the license --license-url=URL URL of the license --logo=URL Logo URL --origin=URL Absolute or relative URL to this metalink file (online) --publisher-name=TEXT Name of the publisher --publisher-url=URL URL of the publisher --refreshdate=DATE RFC 822 date of refresh (for type "dynamic") --releasedate=DATE RFC 822 date of release --screenshot=URL Screenshot(s) URL --tags=TEXT Comma-separated list of tags --type=TEXT Type of this metalink file ("dynamic" or "static") --upgrade=TYPE Upgrade type ("install", "uninstall, reboot, install" or "uninstall, install") --version=TEXT Version of the file ```