The NZBLNK URI scheme

The NZBLNKâ„¢ URI scheme defines the format of NZBLNKâ„¢ links to identify binary Usenet content and supplies some extra information to handle that content correct.

The idea behind the creation of the NZBLNKâ„¢ scheme is need of a computer readable, modern approach to supply a unique reference to binary usenet information. The reference should follow these rules:

• It must be in a URI scheme so it will be clickable in a browser (direct out of a website)
• It must be computer readable (implied by a URI)
• All relevant data to handle the binary content should be included

The inspiration for the NZBLNKâ„¢ was the prominent "magnet link" which works perfect for BitTorrent.

The URI format

NZBLNKâ„¢ URI consist of a series of two or more parameters, the order of which is not significant, formatted in the same way as query strings that ordinarily terminate HTTP URLs.

nzblnk:?t=Our+Sommervacation&h=fbzzreinpngvba&g=a.b.documentaries&p=v4c4t10n4tw1n

The segments are:

• nzblnk:? - URI scheme

  The scheme without the authority (authentication, host) and path part. Followed by the parameter separator.

• t - mandatory "title" parameter

  A title for the content, which will be used by the client software to label the download.

• h - mandatory "header" parameter

  The header parameter is used to identify the binary content. It can contain only a part of the full header information. It must be enough to prevent double hits on a search in the header pool.

• g - optional "group" parameter

  Specifies the usenet group to search in. To specify more then one group, the parameter can be used multiple times. This field is required for the direct search with nzb-monkey-go

• p - optional "password" parameter

  If a password is needed to decrypt the binary content it can be passed here.

• p - optional "date" parameter

  This field is also required for the direct search with nzb-monkey-go.

NZBLNK generator

Enter your data to generate a NZBLNKâ„¢ link. Press a copy button to copy the link into your clipboard. Mandatory fields are marked (*). You can also drop a NZB file on this website.

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