Bug 87074

Summary:	support magnet link uri
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	Rene Horn <the.rhorn>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konqueror Developers <konq-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	finex, psychonaut, taraskostiak
Priority:	NOR
Version:	3.2.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Rene Horn 2004-08-12 22:47:54 UTC

Version:           3.2.2 (using KDE 3.2.3,  (testing/unstable))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040422)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.7

I'd like to see support for MagnetLink URIs.  MagnetLink URIs seem to be some form of P2P downloading scheme.  It's used by Project Gutenberg and some other places.

Here's a specification for the standard: http://magnet-uri.sourceforge.net/
Place where I originally learnt of it:   http://www.magnetlinks.org/

Comment 1 FiNeX 2009-09-17 14:40:27 UTC

It looks like this project is quite abandoned. Is this wish still valid?

Comment 2 Tristan Miller 2009-11-13 12:41:10 UTC

The specification page hasn't been updated since 2002, though I take this as evidence that the specification is stable rather than obsolete.  It seems that MagnetLink URIs are widely supported by many popular BitTorrent clients.  There are also browser plugins under active development.

See also:
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme
LifeHacker: http://lifehacker.com/5401707/magnetiser-downloads-torrents-when-no-torrent-file-is-available
Magnetise: http://www.rohitab.com/discuss/index.php?showtopic=35291

Comment 3 Taras Kostiak 2009-12-26 22:54:24 UTC

KTorrent supports now Magnet URI: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214375

so maybe Konqeror should open Magnet URIs in KTorrent?

Comment 4 Maksim Orlovich 2009-12-26 23:34:09 UTC

It should work since this commit:
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-commits&m=126010046422520&w=2