zip-a-folder

What is zip-a-folder?

The zip-a-folder npm package allows you to easily zip folders in Node.js applications. It provides a simple API to compress directories into zip files, making it useful for tasks such as creating backups, packaging files for distribution, or preparing files for upload.

What are zip-a-folder's main functionalities?

Zip a folder

This feature allows you to zip a folder by specifying the source directory and the destination zip file path. The code sample demonstrates how to use the `zip` function to compress a folder.

const { zip } = require('zip-a-folder');

async function zipFolder() {
  await zip('/path/to/source/folder', '/path/to/destination/archive.zip');
}

zipFolder();

Zip a folder with a callback

This feature allows you to zip a folder and handle the completion with a callback function. The code sample demonstrates how to use the `zip` function with a callback to handle errors and success messages.

const { zip } = require('zip-a-folder');

zip('/path/to/source/folder', '/path/to/destination/archive.zip', (err) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error('Error zipping folder:', err);
  } else {
    console.log('Folder successfully zipped');
  }
});

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archiver

The archiver package is a versatile library for creating zip and tar archives. It provides more advanced features compared to zip-a-folder, such as support for multiple archive formats, streaming, and more fine-grained control over the compression process.

adm-zip

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README

zip-a-folder

Easy to use zip (or tar) a complete folder plain into a zip file including compression ratio handling.

Version 1.0+ is incompatible to elder versions since it introduces a breaking API change.

• Callback function is NOT supported anymore.
• Provide the possibility to create tar archives.
• Set compression ratio (three levels supported by now uncompressed, medium and high)

Basic Usage

Install via npm

npm install zip-a-folder

Creating a ZIP file

import { zip } from 'zip-a-folder';

class TestMe {

    static async main() {
        await zip('/path/to/the/folder', '/path/to/archive.zip');
    }
}

TestMe.main();

Creating a gzipped TAR file

import { tar } from 'zip-a-folder';

class TestMe {

    static async main() {
        await tar('/path/to/the/folder', '/path/to/archive.tgz');
    }
}

TestMe.main();

Compression handling

For the sake of easy use, supported compression levels are (by now): COMPRESSION_LEVEL.high, COMPRESSION_LEVEL.medium or COMPRESSION_LEVEL.uncompressed.

import { zip, COMPRESSION_LEVEL } from 'zip-a-folder';

class TestMe {

    static async main() {
        await zip('/path/to/the/folder', '/path/to/archive.zip', COMPRESSION_LEVEL.high);
    }
}

TestMe.main();

Tests

Tests can be found in /test and run by jest. To run the tests call npm test.

Thanks

• Special thanks to @sole for her initial work.
• Thanks to YOONBYEONGIN
• Thanks to Wunschik
• Thanks to ratbeard
• Thanks to Xotabu4