bencoder

Bittorrent encoding in ruby

BEncoder will encode the 4 data types in the specification:

• Strings
• Integers
• Arrays
• Hashes

Additionally, it will pass symbols as strings, to allow for easier hash convertion.

install with

gem install bencoder

Usage is easy:

BEncoder.encode "herp"
=> "4:herp"

BEncoder.decode "4:herp"
=> "herp"

BEncoder.encode ['what', 'strange', { data: 'I', have: 'here' }, 666]
=> "l4:what7:stranged4:data1:I4:have4:hereei666ee"

BEncoder.decode 'l4:what7:stranged4:data1:I4:have4:hereei666ee'
=> ['what', 'strange', { data: 'I', have: 'here' }, 666]

Intentionally minimalistic.