archiver

Creating ZIP archives

This code demonstrates how to create a ZIP file named 'example.zip' with a single file 'file.txt' included. It sets the compression level to 9 using zlib.

const fs = require('fs');
const archiver = require('archiver');

const output = fs.createWriteStream('example.zip');
const archive = archiver('zip', { zlib: { level: 9 } });

output.on('close', function() {
  console.log(`Archive size: ${archive.pointer()} bytes`);
});

archive.pipe(output);
archive.append(fs.createReadStream('file.txt'), { name: 'file.txt' });
archive.finalize();

Creating TAR archives

This code snippet shows how to create a TAR file named 'example.tar' with gzip compression, including the file 'file.txt'.

const fs = require('fs');
const archiver = require('archiver');

const output = fs.createWriteStream('example.tar');
const archive = archiver('tar', { gzip: true });

output.on('close', function() {
  console.log(`Archive size: ${archive.pointer()} bytes`);
});

archive.pipe(output);
archive.append(fs.createReadStream('file.txt'), { name: 'file.txt' });
archive.finalize();

Appending multiple files and directories

This example demonstrates how to append multiple files and directories to a ZIP archive. It includes a single file, a directory, and all JavaScript files in the current directory using a glob pattern.

const fs = require('fs');
const archiver = require('archiver');

const output = fs.createWriteStream('example.zip');
const archive = archiver('zip');

archive.pipe(output);
archive.file('file1.txt', { name: 'file1.txt' });
archive.directory('subdir/', 'new-subdir');
archive.glob('*.js');
archive.finalize();