upload do not error on wrong announce / not private, just set them on backend

Author: tdjsnelling

api/src/controllers/torrent.js

@@ -33,16 +33,6 @@ export const uploadTorrent = async (req, res, next) => {
       const torrent = Buffer.from(req.body.torrent, "base64");
       const parsed = bencode.decode(torrent);
 
-      if (parsed.info.private !== 1) {
-        res.status(400).send("Torrent must be set to private");
-        return;
-      }
-
-      if (!parsed.announce || parsed["announce-list"]) {
-        res.status(400).send("One and only one announce URL must be set");
-        return;
-      }
-
       if (process.env.SQ_TORRENT_CATEGORIES.length && !req.body.type) {
         res.status(400).send("Torrent must have a category");
         return;
@@ -67,14 +57,6 @@ export const uploadTorrent = async (req, res, next) => {
 
       const user = await User.findOne({ _id: req.userId }).lean();
 
-      if (
-        parsed.announce.toString() !==
-        `${process.env.SQ_BASE_URL}/sq/${user.uid}/announce`
-      ) {
-        res.status(400).send("Announce URL is invalid");
-        return;
-      }
-
       const infoHash = crypto
         .createHash("sha1")
         .update(bencode.encode(parsed.info))
@@ -87,6 +69,10 @@ export const uploadTorrent = async (req, res, next) => {
         return;
       }
 
+      parsed.info.private = 1;
+      parsed.announce = `${process.env.SQ_BASE_URL}/sq/${user.uid}/announce`;
+      delete parsed["announce-list"];
+
       let files;
       if (parsed.info.files) {
         files = parsed.info.files.map((file) => ({

client/pages/upload.js

@@ -269,15 +269,14 @@ const Upload = ({ token, userId }) => {
       </Text>
       <Box mb={5}>
         <Text icon={LinkIcon} iconColor="primary">
-          Announce URL must be set to{" "}
+          Announce URL:{" "}
           <Text
             as="strong"
             fontFamily="mono"
             _css={{ userSelect: "all", wordBreak: "break-all" }}
           >
             {SQ_BASE_URL}/sq/{userId}/announce
-          </Text>{" "}
-          or upload will be rejected
+          </Text>
         </Text>
       </Box>
       <form onSubmit={handleUpload}>