def get_metainfo(self, torrent_path, seeder=False):
"""
(1) Create an empty resource object
(2) call the method parse_metainfo() from that object
which must return all the fields and values from
the metainfo file, including the hashes from the
file pieces.
:param torrent_path:
:return: the metainfo
"""
# should resource_id be a random number?...
ma_map = Resource.parse_metainfo(torrent_path)
resource = Resource(resource_id=ma_map["file_name"],
file_path=ma_map["path"],
file_len=ma_map["file_len"],
piece_len=ma_map["piece_len"],
pieces_hash=ma_map["pieces"],
seed=seeder)
resource.add_tracker(ma_map["tracker_ip_address"],
ma_map["tracker_port"])
return resource
