yabencode 0.1.0

Installing

To install from PyPI:

pip install yabencode

Usage:

import yabencode
# bencode supports dicts, lists, ints and strings (bytestrings)
yabencode.encode({'foo':'baz', 'list':['eggs', 'spam', 'bacon']})
# Input can be string, bytes or a file object
yabencode.decode(b'd3:foo3:baz4:listl4:eggs4:spam5:baconee')

try:
        # Malformed data, 'spam' is missing an 'a'
        yabencode.decode(b'd3:foo3:baz4:listl4:eggs4:spm5:baconee')
except yabencode.MalformedBencodeException as e:
        print(e)
        # Unexpected data type (b':') at position 31 (0x1F hex)

try:
        # Bencode does not support floats
        yabencode.encode({'float':3.14})
except yabencode.BencodeException as e:
        print(e)
        # Unsupported type <class 'float'>