Bencode
bencode is a golang package for bencoding and bdecoding data from and from to equivalents.
Bencode (pronounced like Ben-code) is the encoding used by the peer-to-peer file sharing system BitTorrent for storing and transmitting loosely structured data. Wikipedia
Installation
go get github.com/ArunMurugan78/bencode
Quick Start
package main
import (
"bytes"
"fmt"
"github.com/ArunMurugan78/bencode"
)
func main() {
data := map[string]interface{}{"name": "rose", "list": []interface{}{"pickachu", "anakin", "NYC", 78}}
encodedData, _ := bencode.Encode(data)
fmt.Println(string(encodedData)) // d4:listl8:pickachu6:anakin3:NYCi78ee4:name4:rosee
decodedData, _ := bencode.Parse(bytes.NewReader(encodedData))
fmt.Println(decodedData) // map[list:[pickachu anakin NYC 78] name:rose]
}
Invalid Data?
To be able to encode a given data into bencode, it's data type has to be one of the below.
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
int |
Can be any one of the int and uint variants. |
string |
UTF-8 encoded strings. |
[]interface{} |
The slice can hold any one of the valid data type. |
map[string]interface{} |
The key has to be a string and the value can be any one of the valid data type. |
License
The project is licensed under the MIT license.
