stipy24/magnet-linker-browser-extension

Magnet linker is an extension for Chrome, the new chromium Microsoft Edge and Firefox that extends magnet links on websites to enable the quick adding of torrents to Transmission via the RPC API.

Magnet Linker

Magnet linker is an extension for Chrome, the new chromium Microsoft Edge and Firefox that extends magnet links on websites to enable the quick adding of torrents to Transmission via the RPC API.

Any magnet links found on a page are extended with a button displayed next to the link which sends that torrent straight to your Transmission instance.

Custom HTML can be added both before and after the button element based on a search of a websites URL, as well as adjustment of the div float on the button HTML.

Getting started

Extension on the Chrome web store

Extension on the Microsoft Edge add-ons store

Add-on on the Firefox add-ons store

Once installed in your browser go to the options page and configure the extension.

API

Fill out the respective fields to build the URL that points to your Transmission API.

Magnet search

You can configure how magnet links are found on web pages by adding attributes or element types to search for. There are currently 2 ways that elements are found in the DOM:

by an element's attribute

For example href will find the magnet link in an element like:

<a href="magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d540fc48eb12f2833163eed6421d449dd8f1ce1f&amp;dn=Ubuntu+desktop+19.04+%2864bit%29" title="Download this torrent using magnet">Magnet link</a>

by an element's type

For example code will find the magnet link in an element like:

<code class="myClass">magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d540fc48eb12f2833163eed6421d449dd8f1ce1f&amp;dn=Ubuntu+desktop+19.04+%2864bit%29</code>

This kind of element searching is useful for searching on websites where magnet links are written out rather than linked, such as Reddit

Customise injected HTML

On a site by site basis you can customise the HTML that surrounds the injected 'send to transmission' button, and also the float characteristics of the div. For example, on Zooqle it's worth setting the float to none to better position the buttons on the page. The 'search' parameter must match all or part of the website's URL, so for Zooqle for example, just use 'zooqle'.

Magnet storage

The extension stores all magnets that have been sent to the transmission API so that when a page is loaded, buttons can be markes as 'already sent' for those links already added. The Storage tab in options allows you to see all of these magnets and clear down the list if you choose.

Create package

A Powershell script and batch files that execute that PS script are included but these simply zip the ChromiumExtension directory or run web-ext build against the FirefoxAddOn directory, as that's all that's required to publish this to the Chrome Web Store, Microsoft Edge Addons and Firefox Addons sites.

Contribute

If you can make this extension better I'm happy for the help! Create a pull request and get in touch. Alternatively feel free to raise an issue if you've found a bug.