Ed2k URI Scheme - File Link Format

File Link Format

File links are preceded with the "file" token, which indicates that this is a file link, as opposed to a server, serverlist, nodelist or firend link. The typical eD2k file link also includes the filename and the filesize. An example (a link to the 15Mb Purist Edit trailer) is provided below:

ed2k://|file|The_Two_Towers-The_Purist_Edit-Trailer.avi|14997504|965c013e991ee246d63d45ea71954c4d|/

eD2k links can also include a reference to the IP address and port of specific clients that are known to share the linked-to file. This is done by adding a list of sources after the main part of the link, like shown in the following example:

ed2k://|file|The_Two_Towers-The_Purist_Edit-Trailer.avi|14997504|965c013e991ee246d63d45ea71954c4d|/|sources,202.89.123.6:4662|/

On eMule, the link often contains also an AICH top hash |h=H52BRVWPBBTAED5NXQDH2RJDDAKRUWST| to help recover the file in case of corruption during file transfer.

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