alpha60 JSON documentation

Last 2026-01-14

definitions

• “media object” : an instance of a film, series, book, etc.
• “collection” : a set of media objects, all instances found
• “btih” : the Bittorrent Info Hash associated with a media object
• “btiha” : an array of all btiha in a collection, including duplicates
• “unique btiha” : an array of unique info hashes, with duplicates merged

shared data fields in JSON files

• collection_key : “andor-201”, unique human readable tag for media collection, all lowercase, full seasons are 2 digits (01 is first season), and episodes are three digits (102 is Season 1 Episode 02). For multiple episodes, use the first episode sampled.
• data_version : “2025-09-22”, date of data API
• geolocation_version : “3:1756800417”, geolocation library (0 none, 1 maxmind, 2 ipinfo): db version, which is vendor-defined.
• udownloaders_total: number of unique ip addresses downloading the media
• uuploaders_total: number of unique ip addresses uploading the media to others

cumulative duration data

• filename: (collection_key)-cumulative.json
  • collection_cumulative : total results
    • btiha
    • unique-btiha
  • data_transfer : cost of bandwidth
  • media_codecs_resolution
    • [0] 1080p downloaders
    • [1] 720p downloaders
    • [2] sd downloaders
    • [3] 2160, aka 4k downloaders
  • geo_slices_4_cahill_keyes_quadrant_udownloaders: global “quadrant” breakdown
  • geo_slices_continental_udownloaders : continental breakdown of traffic
  • geo_country_top_10_downloaders : top countries by download swarm size
  • geo_country_top_10_uploaders : top countries by upload swarm size
  • geo_country_region_city_top_30_downloaders : top country-region
• filename: (collection_key)-cumulative-ip-swarm.json
  • swarm-analysis
    • anomalies_and_tor_exit_nodes
      • global
      • by_country
    • carrier_and_mobile_wireless
      • global
      • by_country
    • satellite
      • global
      • by_country
    • privacy
      • global
      • by_country
• filename: (collection_key)-cumulative-btiha-media-objects.json
  • collection_btiha_duplicates
    • [0] array of torrent file names that share btih number 1
    • [n] array of torrent file names that share btih number n
  • collection_btiha_metadata
    • [0] name of 1st torrent file, total file size, names of files contained
    • [n] name of last torrent file, total file size, names of files contained
  • collection_cumulative_by_btiha
    • [0] cumulative udownloaders first btih in btiha
    • [n] cumulative udownloaders last btih in btiha

week duration data

• filename: (collection_key)-week.json
  • collection_week
    • [0] week 1 udownloaders_total, uuploaders_total
    • [n] week n + 1 udownloaders_total, uuploaders_total
  • collection_week_by_btiha
    • [0] week 1 udownloaders each media object in collection
    • [0][0] week 1 udownloaders first btih in btiha
    • [0][n] week 1 udownloaders last btih in btiha
  • collection_week_by_country
    • [0] week 1 udownloaders each media object in collection
    • [0][00] week 1 udownloaders for country BRA
    • [0][01] week 1 udownloaders for country CAN
    • [0][02] week 1 udownloaders for country CHN
    • [0][03] week 1 udownloaders for country DEU
    • [0][04] week 1 udownloaders for country ESP
    • [0][05] week 1 udownloaders for country FRA
    • [0][06] week 1 udownloaders for country HKG
    • [0][07] week 1 udownloaders for country JPN
    • [0][08] week 1 udownloaders for country KOR
    • [0][09] week 1 udownloaders for country MEX
    • [0][10] week 1 udownloaders for country NLD
    • [0][11] week 1 udownloaders for country RUS
    • [0][12] week 1 udownloaders for country SWE
    • [0][13] week 1 udownloaders for country TUR
    • [0][14] week 1 udownloaders for country UKR
    • [0][15] week 1 udownloaders for country USA

geolocation data

• filename: (collection_key)-cumulative.geojson
  • FeatureCollection
    • [0] feature of swarm
      • properties object of COUNTRY-GEOID-CITY by largest swarm size
        • country_code
        • city
        • geoname_id
        • downloaders (size,mobile,satellite,tor,tor_exit_nodes,vpn,relay,proxy,hosting,service)
        • uploaders (size,mobile,satellite,tor,tor_exit_nodes,vpn,relay,proxy,hosting,service)
      • geometry Point

collection metadata

• filename: (collection_key).json
  • collection_name
  • collection_key
  • collection_id [ “101”, “102”, “103” ]
  • collection_tags [ “star_wars_universe”, “aapi”, “animation” ]
  • metadata_datestamp “YYYY-MM-DD”
  • updated_datestamp “YYYY-MM-DD”
  • imdb_id
  • url_wikipedia
  • url_fandom
  • box_office_usa
  • box_office_international
  • box_office_global
  • ecount
  • eruntime
  • ecost [ 1, 2] # per episode cost range in M USD
  • distribution_tags [ “netflix” ]
  • production_tags [ “a24” ]
  • sample_duration “YYYY-MM-DD to YYY-MM-DD”
  • sample_days 105
  • sample_day_year_start 1
  • sample_day_year_end 365
  • sample_year_start YYYY
  • sample_year_end YYYY

example with annotation

{
// Version number for data migration and feature checks
    "data_version": "20191004",


// Media object name
    "collection_name": "Stranger Things",

// Media object season or episode number
    "collection_id": "2",

References

W3C Data on the Web Best Practices