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		WithinReason 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Resurrecting a dead torrent tracker and finding 3M... Can you do this to create a database of torrents for a torrent search engine?

DaSHacka 5 months ago | [–]

There are existing services like btdig that do this via DHT, I believe.

sweeter 5 months ago | | [–]

You don't even have to go that far, you can just use torsniff. But be aware there is a lot of nsfw material and potentially illegal material for all I know.

thunderfork 5 months ago | [–]

Easier to just trawl the DHT, like btdigg

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