Node.js

Append String as a File to a Zip

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Demonstrates how to append text data as a file within a zip archive. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var zip = new chilkat.Zip();

    var zipPath = "c:/temp/test.zip";

    //  Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
    zip.NewZip(zipPath);

    //  Append a file that will contain the string "Hello World";
    var fileContent = "Hello World";
    var pathInZip = "txtFiles/helloWorld.txt";
    zip.AddString(pathInZip,fileContent,"utf-8");

    zip.FileName = zipPath;
    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Success.");

}

chilkatExample();