Magnet Links

👥 9K+ users

📦 v1.2

💾 284KiB

📅 2022-01-14

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Overview

Tired of having issues when you try to open a magnet link? This extension helps by adjusting the links to go through Put.io, to your clipboard, or to any URL you want.

You know how urls start with http:// or https://? Well, some start with `magnet:` and by default most devices do not know how to handle this. Magnet Links lets you choose how you want these urls handled.

This app is not affiliated with Put.io

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Hello there, for a sample for what this extension does visit this page and try to click on the URLs before using the extension and after using the extension.
https://girlfriend.technology/magnet-examples/

For example, by default a Mac doesn't know what to do with a magnet link, which looks like this:

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6H6NYFDC2NSTB5JGYHMUALXMSEALPOQY&dn=ubuntu-21.10-desktop-amd64.iso&xl=3116482560&tr=https%3A%2F%2Ftorrent.ubuntu.com%2Fannounce

what my extension does is prefixes it with a Put.io url

https://put.io/default/magnet?url=

so that Put.io can download the file for you.

So the final URL after my script runs should look like this:
https://put.io/default/magnet?url=magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6H6NYFDC2NSTB5JGYHMUALXMSEALPOQY&dn=ubuntu-21.10-desktop-amd64.iso&xl=3116482560&tr=https%3A%2F%2Ftorrent.ubuntu.com%2Fannounce

and when loaded Put.io will handle the download.