diff --git a/src/main/services/open-web-torrent.ts b/src/main/services/open-web-torrent.ts
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+import axios, { AxiosResponse } from "axios";
+import { Agent } from "https";
+
+type OpenWebTorrentResponse =
+  | {
+      seeds: number;
+      peers: number;
+    }
+  | {
+      error: {
+        code: number;
+        message: string;
+      };
+    };
+
+const httpsAgent = new Agent({
+  rejectUnauthorized: false,
+});
+const axiosRef = axios.create({
+  baseURL: "https://checker.openwebtorrent.com",
+  httpsAgent
+});
+
+export const openWebTorrent = {
+  transformResponseError(response: AxiosResponse<OpenWebTorrentResponse>) {
+    if ("error" in response.data) {
+      throw new Error(response.data.error.message);
+    }
+
+    return response.data;
+  },
+  async getSeedersAndPeers(magnet: string) {
+    const endpoint = "/check";
+    const params = new URLSearchParams();
+    params.append("magnet", magnet);
+
+    try {
+      const response = await axiosRef.get(endpoint, { params });
+      const { seeds, peers } = this.transformResponseError(response);
+
+      return {
+        seeders: seeds,
+        peers: peers,
+      };
+    } catch (e) {
+      const error = e as Error;
+      throw new Error(error.message);
+    }
+  },
+};