Bittorrent Statistics Coding for Windows (VB 6.0)

[ph34r.me]

I tend to utilize bittorrent a lot and have gathered over 200 torrent files in the last month alone.

From time to time I may have to try 2 or 3 different torrent to get a working torrent because the websites do not keep realtime tracker info.

I was wondering how the websites actually obtain the seeder/leacher information and how it can be done in VB 6.0.

I want to build a "tracker keeper" if you will, that works as a .torrent file manager. It will return real time statistics on all torrents or the torrents you specify.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
ph34r.me

[penagate]

The peer statistics are obtained from each tracker individually. If a list of IPs is requested from each tracker you may amalgamate them into a list of unique IPs to try to obtain reliable statistics.

You would need to read up on the BitTorrent protocol (http://www.bittorrent.com/protocol.html).

BTW, TorrentPortal has realtime statistics.

[ph34r.me]

Thanks for the response, it got me pointed in the right direction.

Not sure if you know anything about Bittorrent's protocol but I was wondering if this is correct:
I'd have to send an HTTP request fto the server to recieve the info?

[penagate]

Depends on the tracker. Some have UDP addresses as well as HTTP. But it would appear you need to make a GET request.