I have implemented a python module that scrapes two torrent sites using python scrapy. It currently stores torrent data in a DB, and it has ability to download the torrent file by calling a bash script that downloads the .torrent files.
For research purposes in DB visualization I would like to know if it is possible, and if so, how to obtain IP addresses of seeders and peers of a specific torrent file. I would like to create a visualization to see correlations between torrent files , their types (movies, iso images, books, ..etc) to the locations they are seeded / peers are downloading from.
For instance here is what is inside one of the .torrent files I scraped:(just part of it)
d8:announce38:udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce13:announce-listll38:udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announceel44:udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announceel35:udp://tracker.istole.it:80/announceel36:udp://open.demonii.com:1337/announceee7:comment61:Torrent downloaded from torrent cache at http://torcache.net/10:created by15:BitTorrent/782013:creation datei1384198882e8:encoding5:UTF-84:infod5:filesld6:lengthi25485e4:pathl69:Physics of Quantum Mechanics, The - Skinner, David, Binney, James.jpgeed6:lengthi1254e4:pathl69:Physics of Quantum Mechanics, The - Skinner, David, Binney, James.opfeed6:lengthi4609366e4:pathl69:Physics of Quantum Mechanics, The - Skinner, David, Binney, James.pdfeee4:name52:The Physics of Quantum Mechanics- Oxford, 2013 [PDF]12:piece lengthi16384e6:pieces5660:³é^G^W^H<83>æZèÖunB2ä<82>ªb<96>".ËWvÓo^?.F´<8e>ÍZQQÕ¬8Þ+þXS<91>-S^O9<91>¸<9f>Ê'<97>3ÎpÕöC^CNÞÔ»^F3HJ,=Àòà¶,<81><ö<84><8a>ÃÀdÔ,^SýZ<8f>!Q"r¹<98>³Agì=ûr"ged<96>½<89>à ¥E'Å^V|ïª{^M<88><9c>»z½/qsø<^8^@í¤Ô[_<83><9e><97>Éãs^V×»Ö\Ûë"^NÝó<9e>¬^Kbì«õ<98>²<82>^\_PÍFª^_µ^L<9b>^Vâ^NhÛ<87>-@ê\íäÎ/³<8c>^]jÀóp<87>¬ <87><8e>,?<8d>&^^®Rê±ÃFÏÂ&Ü]!ö<87><zü{SîÖg.I±Ã^QÃ~Ê>uÛÜä^Cw^_d_r0<8a>h<81><9b>êªEÇa^N¢M4Èv^_<96>lË,g^Fò«^]¿<9c><88>p^[Ñ.ìk©t
Will I be able use this info in the file to connect to the tracker and move forward finding peers and seeders for that file?
Essentially yes, since that what the BitTorrent clients do. Take a look at the Bittorrent Specification. The details of the file format are there, along with the protocol specification. That should tell you everything you need to know.