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In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file or METAINFO is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed, and usually also a list of the network locations of trackers, which are computers that help participants in the system find each other and form efficient distribution groups called swarms. A torrent file does not contain the content to be distributed; it only contains information about those files, such as their names, sizes, folder structure, and cryptographic hash values for verifying file integrity. 

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For more information on torrent files please refer to this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrent_file

To get TORRENT file metadata, the following steps are needed to be followed:

1. Load a TORRENT file
2. Get the root metadata package
3. Extract  the native metadata package using the TorrentRootPackage.getTorrentPackage method
4. Read the TORRENT file properties

advanced_usage.managing_metadata_for_specific_formats.peer2peer.TorrentReadNativeMetadataProperties

try (Metadata metadata = new Metadata(Constants.InputTorrent)) {
	TorrentRootPackage root = metadata.getRootPackageGeneric();

	System.out.println(root.getTorrentPackage().getAnnounce());
	System.out.println(root.getTorrentPackage().getComment());
	System.out.println(root.getTorrentPackage().getCreatedBy());
	System.out.println(root.getTorrentPackage().getCreationDate());

	for (TorrentSharedFilePackage file : root.getTorrentPackage().getSharedFiles()) {
		System.out.println(file.getName());
		System.out.println(file.getLength());
	}
	// ...
}

The GroupDocs.Metadata API also supports updating some metadata properties of a TORRENT file. Please see the code snippet below to learn how to do that.

advanced_usage.managing_metadata_for_specific_formats.peer2peer.TorrentReadNativeMetadataProperties

try (Metadata metadata = new Metadata(Constants.InputTorrent)) {
	TorrentRootPackage root = metadata.getRootPackageGeneric();

	root.getTorrentPackage().setComment("test comment");
	root.getTorrentPackage().setCreatedBy("GroupDocs.Metadata");
	root.getTorrentPackage().setCreationDate(new Date());

	metadata.save(Constants.OutputTorrent);
}

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:

• GroupDocs.Metadata for .NET examples

• GroupDocs.Metadata for Java examples

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