README.md

Bencode2Json

A .NET Core Library for converting Bencoded Dictionaries to Json Documents

Overview

Bencoded dictionaries like the one shown below can easily be coverted to JSON using this library.

Bencode

d5:debug4:truee

JSON

{
    "debug": "true"
}

• Installation
• Usage
• Examples
• License

Installation

Install the package Bencode2Json from NuGet or install it from the Package Manager Console:

PM> Install-Package Bencode2Json

Usage

using Bencode2Json;
...
...
// BencodedData takes any Stream
var bencodedData = new BencodedData(dataStream);
var json = bencodedData.ConvertToJson();

Examples

Demos in the Examples folder.

TorrentFileParser

This demo parses an torrent file (which is basically a bencoded dictionary) and converts it to JSON. This JSON is then passed to the popular JSON library JSON.NET for converting it into C# objects.

Reference

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bencode
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrent_file

License