How To Create An Nzb File

NZB file format
Filename extension	.nzb^[1]
Internet media type	application/x-nzb
Developed by	NewzBin^[2]
Latest release	1.1 (November 10, 2009; 12 years ago (2009-11-10))
Type of format	Usenet extender
Extended from	XML
Open format?	yes
Website	NZB file specification^[3]

NZB is an XML-based file format for retrieving posts from NNTP (Usenet) servers.^[4] The format was conceived by the developers of the Newzbin.com Usenet Index.^[5] ^[6] NZB is effective when used with search-capable websites.^[7] These websites create NZB files out of what is needed to be downloaded.^[8] Using this concept, headers would not be downloaded hence the NZB method is quicker and more bandwidth-efficient than traditional methods.^[9]

Each Usenet message has a unique identifier called the "Message-ID".^[10] When a large file is posted to a Usenet newsgroup, it is usually divided into multiple messages (called segments or parts) each having its own Message-ID.^[11] An NZB-capable Usenet client will read all needed Message-IDs from the NZB file, download them and decode the messages back into a binary file (usually using yEnc or Uuencode).^[12]

File format example [edit]

The following is an example of an NZB 1.1 file.^[13]

                        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>            <!DOCTYPE nzb PUBLIC "-//newzBin//DTD NZB 1.1//EN" "http://www.newzbin.com/DTD/nzb/nzb-1.1.dtd">            <nzb            xmlns=            "http://www.newzbin.com/DTD/2003/nzb"            >            <head>            <meta            type=            "title"            >Your File!</meta>            <meta            type=            "tag"            >Example</meta>            </head>            <file            poster=            "Joe Bloggs <bloggs@nowhere.example>;"            date=            "1071674882"            subject=            "Here's your file!  abc-mr2a.r01 (1/2)"            >            <groups>            <group>alt.binaries.newzbin</group>            <group>alt.binaries.mojo</group>            </groups>            <segments>            <segment            bytes=            "102394"            number=            "1"            >123456789abcdef@news.newzbin.com</segment>            <segment            bytes=            "4501"            number=            "2"            >987654321fedbca@news.newzbin.com</segment>            </segments>            </file>            </nzb>

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