diff --git a/src/bencode.rs b/src/bencode.rs
index ca64d01..0f5277c 100644
--- a/src/bencode.rs
+++ b/src/bencode.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ impl Display for ByteString {
 }
 
 impl ByteString {
+
+    pub fn to_vec(&self) -> &Vec<u8> {
+        &self.0
+    }
     pub fn to_string(&self) -> Result<String> {
         let result = std::str::from_utf8(&self.0[..])?;
         Ok(result.to_string())
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4f655ac..87ca417 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,140 @@
-use std::{env, fs};
+use std::{env, fs, path};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
-use crate::bencode::Bencode;
+
+use crate::bencode::{Bencode, ByteString};
 
 mod bencode;
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct FileInfo {
+    length: i64,
+    path: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct TorrentInfo {
+    files: Option<Vec<FileInfo>>,
+    length: Option<i64>,
+    name: String,
+    piece_length: i64,
+    pieces: Vec<[u8; 20]>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Torrent {
+    announce: String,
+    info: TorrentInfo,
+    info_hash: [u8; 20],
+    extra: HashMap<String, String>
+}
+
+impl Torrent {
+    pub fn from(input: &Bencode) -> Result<Self> {
+        let Bencode::Dict(decoded) = input else {
+            return Err(anyhow!("Torrent has wrong type. Not a dict"))
+        };
+        let b_info = decoded.get(&ByteString::from_str("info"))
+            .ok_or(anyhow!("Could not find key \"info\""))?;
+        let Bencode::Dict(info_dict) = b_info else {
+            return Err(anyhow!("Info has wrong type. Not a dict"))
+        };
+
+        let Bencode::Bytes(name) = info_dict.get(&ByteString::from_str("name"))
+            .ok_or(anyhow!("Could not find key \"name\""))? else {
+            return Err(anyhow!("name not a string"))
+        };
+
+        let Bencode::Integer(piece_length) = *info_dict.get(&ByteString::from_str("piece length"))
+            .ok_or(anyhow!("Could not find key \"piece length\""))? else {
+            return Err(anyhow!("piece length not an integer"))
+        };
+
+        let Bencode::Bytes(all_pieces) = info_dict.get(&ByteString::from_str("pieces"))
+            .ok_or(anyhow!("Could not find key \"pieces\""))? else {
+            return Err(anyhow!("pieces not an string"))
+        };
+
+        if all_pieces.to_vec().len() % 20 != 0 {
+            return Err(anyhow!("Pieces string length not a multiple of 20"))
+        }
+
+        // TODO maybe handle the error, even though it should be checked above
+        let pieces = all_pieces.to_vec().chunks(20).map(|x| x.try_into().unwrap()).collect();
+
+        let info;
+        if let Some(b_length) = info_dict.get(&ByteString::from_str("length")) {
+            let Bencode::Integer(length) = b_length else {
+                return Err(anyhow!("length not an integer"))
+            };
+            info = TorrentInfo {
+                files: None,
+                length: Some(*length),
+                name: name.to_string()?,
+                piece_length,
+                pieces,
+            }
+        } else if let Some(b_files) = info_dict.get(&ByteString::from_str("files")) {
+            let Bencode::List(files_list) = b_files else {
+                return Err(anyhow!("files not an list"))
+            };
+
+            let mut files = Vec::new();
+            for b_file_info in files_list {
+                let Bencode::Dict(file_info) = b_file_info else {
+                    return Err(anyhow!("file_info not a dict"))
+                };
+                let Bencode::List(b_path) = file_info.get(&ByteString::from_str("path"))
+                    .ok_or(anyhow!("Could not find key \"path\""))? else {
+                    return Err(anyhow!("path not a list"))
+                };
+                let mut v_path = Vec::new();
+                for b_path_part in b_path {
+                    let Bencode::Bytes(path_part) = b_path_part else {
+                        return Err(anyhow!("path part not a string"))
+                    };
+                    v_path.push(path_part.to_string()?);
+                }
+
+                let Bencode::Integer(length) = *file_info.get(&ByteString::from_str("length"))
+                    .ok_or(anyhow!("Could not find key \"length\""))? else {
+                    return Err(anyhow!("length not an integer"))
+                };
+                files.push(FileInfo{
+                    path: v_path.join(path::MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR),
+                    length
+                })
+            }
+
+            info = TorrentInfo {
+                files: Some(files),
+                length: None,
+                name: name.to_string()?,
+                piece_length,
+                pieces,
+            }
+        } else {
+            return Err(anyhow!("Could not find key \"length\" or \"files\""))
+        }
+
+
+        let b_announce = decoded.get(&ByteString::from_str("announce"))
+            .ok_or(anyhow!("Could not find key \"announce\""))?;
+        let Bencode::Bytes(announce) = b_announce else {
+            return Err(anyhow!("announce not a string"))
+        };
+        let result = Self {
+            announce: announce.to_string()?,
+            info_hash: b_info.sha1(),
+            info,
+            // TODO
+            extra: HashMap::new(),
+        };
+        Ok(result)
+    }
+}
+
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
     if args.len() < 2 {
@@ -14,9 +144,14 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     let torrent_bytes = fs::read(&file_path)?;
 
-    let _torrent_decoded = Bencode::decode(&torrent_bytes)?;
+    let torrent_parsed = Bencode::parse(&torrent_bytes)?;
 
-    println!("torrent decoded: {_torrent_decoded}");
+    println!("torrent file parsed");
+    // println!("parsed file: {torrent_parsed}");
+
+    let torrent = Torrent::from(&torrent_parsed)?;
+
+    println!("torrent decoded: {torrent:?}");
 
     Ok(())
 }