Bittorrent Statistics Coding for Windows (VB 6.0)

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

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.

BTW, TorrentPortal has realtime statistics.

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?

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