check if torrent site still exists

ox/mininova.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from urllib import quote
 from oxutils.cache import getUrl, getUrlUnicode
 from oxutils import findRe, cache, stripTags, decodeHtml, getTorrentInfo, intValue, normalizeNewlines
 from oxutils.normalize import normalizeImdbId
+import oxutils
 
 from torrent import Torrent
 
@@ -55,6 +56,13 @@ def getId(mininovaId):
   else:
     return mininovaId[-1]
 
+def exists(mininovaId):
+  mininovaId = getId(mininovaId)
+  data = oxutils.net.getUrl("http://www.mininova.org/tor/%s" % mininovaId)
+  if not data or 'Torrent not found...' in data:
+    return False
+  return True
+
 def getData(mininovaId):
   _key_map = {
     'by': u'uploader',

ox/thepiratebay.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from urllib2 import URLError
 from oxutils.cache import getUrl, getUrlUnicode
 from oxutils import findRe, cache, stripTags, decodeHtml, getTorrentInfo, normalizeNewlines
 from oxutils.normalize import normalizeImdbId
+import oxutils
 
 from torrent import Torrent
 
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ def getId(piratebayId):
     piratebayId = d
   return piratebayId
 
+def exists(piratebayId):
+  piratebayId = getId(piratebayId)
+  return oxutils.net.exists("http://thepiratebay.org/tor/%s" % piratebayId)
+
 def getData(piratebayId):
   _key_map = {
     'spoken language(s)': u'language',