# erl_bencode

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An OTP library for encoding and decoding bencode.

## Installation

Add erl_bencode to your rebar.config:

```
{deps, [
    erl_bencode
    ]}.
```


## Build

    $ rebar3 compile


## Test

Simply run eunit with rebar3

    $ rebar3 eunit


## Usage

### Example

```
1> bencode:encode("Wardenclyffe").
{ok, "12:Wardenclyffe"}
2> bencode:decode("d6:wardeni23ee").
{ok, #{"warden" => 23}}
3> bencode:decode(valid_file_path).
{ok,#{"a" => "valid","file" => "path","this" => "is"}}
4> 
```