mafintosh/torrent-stream

Seed torrent when done

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#66 opened on Jun 9, 2014

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Description

Once a torrent is fully downloaded, torrent-stream should switch into a seed-mode until destroyed in order to be a better swarm citizen.

mafintosh/peerflix/issues/58 popcorn-official/popcorn-app/issues/80 asapach/peerflix-server/issues/6

It will still be stoppable once pause/resume functionnality is implemented https://github.com/mafintosh/torrent-stream/issues/49.

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Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
backend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Node.jstorrent stream internals
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30
Research direction
This issue requests that after a torrent is fully downloaded, torrent stream should automatically switch to seed mode until the client is destroyed. The existing codebase likely has separate download and upload logic; you'll need to find the download completion handler (e.g., in the 'piece' or 'file' events) and trigger seeding. Check referenced issues for context, and look at the 'torrent stream' module's internal state to see how to start seeding. No linked PRs, so you'll need to design the implementation from scratch.