Internet Archive Torrent Downloader (IATD)

Internet Archive Torrent Downloader (IATD) is a command-line tool designed to automate the download of torrent files from archive.org collections. Given a list of identifiers, IATD will concurrently download the torrent files.

IATD is useful for researchers, archivists, or anyone who needs to bulk download torrent files from archive.org collections.

Features

Concurrent downloading with configurable number of workers.
Skips already existing torrent files to avoid duplicate downloads. (Only checks file name, not contents)
Logs all failed downloads in failed_downloads.log (Currently not configurable)

Installation

Important

You will need to have Golang installed.

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/BitesizedLion/iatd.git
cd iatd

Build the project:
```
go build .
```

OR:

Install with go install:

go install github.com/BitesizedLion/iatd

OR:

Download a build from the releases

Usage

Tip

You can get this by using Advanced Search and selecting "CSV format"

Prepare a CSV file (e.g., search.csv) with the following format:

identifier
winampskins_Sunico
winampskin_05PROAmp
winampskin_08_Meaningless_Shallow
...

Run the downloader:
```
./iatd -csv search.csv -workers 10
```
Optional flags:
- -csv: Path to the CSV file containing the archive.org identifiers. Default is search.csv.
- -workers: Number of concurrent workers. Default is 10.

All torrent files will be downloaded to torrents/, this is currently not configurable.