# Installation
> `npm install --save @types/create-torrent`

# Summary
This package contains type definitions for create-torrent (https://github.com/webtorrent/create-torrent#readme).

# Details
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/create-torrent.
## [index.d.ts](https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/create-torrent/index.d.ts)
````ts
/// <reference types="node" />
import type { Readable as ReadableStream } from "node:stream";

export type CreateTorrentCallback = (err: Error | null, torrent: Uint8Array) => void;

export interface CreateTorrentOptions {
    // name of the torrent (default = basename of `path`, or 1st file's name)
    name?: string | undefined;
    // free-form textual comments of the author
    comment?: string | undefined;
    // name and version of program used to create torrent
    createdBy?: string | undefined;
    // creation time in UNIX epoch format (default = now)
    creationDate?: number | Date | undefined;
    // is this a private .torrent? (default = false)
    private?: boolean | undefined;
    // force a custom piece length (number of bytes)
    pieceLength?: number | undefined;
    maxPieceLength?: number;
    // custom trackers (array of arrays of strings) (see [bep12](http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0012.html))
    announceList?: string[][] | undefined;
    // web seed urls (see [bep19](http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0019.html))
    urlList?: string[] | undefined;
    // add non-standard info dict entries, e.g. info.source, a convention for cross-seeding
    info?: Record<string, unknown>;
    // called with the number of bytes hashed and estimated total size after every piece
    onProgress?: (hashedLength: number, estimatedTorrentLength: number) => void;
}

export type TorrentInput =
    | string
    | File
    | FileList
    | Buffer
    | ReadableStream
    | string[]
    | File[]
    | Buffer[]
    | ReadableStream[];

declare function createTorrent(input: TorrentInput, opts: CreateTorrentOptions, cb: CreateTorrentCallback): void;
declare function createTorrent(input: TorrentInput, cb: CreateTorrentCallback): void;

declare const announceList: string[][];
declare function isJunkPath(path: string): boolean;

export default createTorrent;
export { announceList, isJunkPath };

````

### Additional Details
 * Last updated: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:05:28 GMT
 * Dependencies: [@types/node](https://npmjs.com/package/@types/node)

# Credits
These definitions were written by [Jesse Chan](https://github.com/jesec).