How to install and use libtorrent in Python?

To install and use libtorrent in Python, you can follow these steps:

1. First, make sure you have installed Python and pip.
2. To install libtorrent, run the following command in the terminal or command prompt:

pip install python-libtorrent

1. After the installation is complete, you can import the libtorrent library in your Python script.

import libtorrent as lt

1. You can now use various features and classes of libtorrent to handle torrent files and BitTorrent sessions. Here is a simple example:

import libtorrent as lt

# 创建一个session对象
ses = lt.session()

# 添加一个种子文件
info = lt.torrent_info('example.torrent')
h = ses.add_torrent({'ti': info, 'save_path': './'})

# 等待种子下载完成
while not h.is_seed():
    s = h.status()
    print('下载进度: %.2f%%' % (s.progress * 100))

The above code will create a libtorrent session object, then start a download task by adding a torrent file. It will then continuously print the download progress until the torrent is fully downloaded.

This is just a basic usage example of libtorrent. You can refer to the official documentation for more detailed information and advanced functionalities.

Please note that libtorrent has other Python binding libraries available to choose from, such as pylibtorrent and python-libtorrent.