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ZipStream

ZipStream is a streaming zip archive generator based on the ZipArchiveOutputStream prototype found in the compress-commons project.

It was originally created to be a successor to zipstream.

Installation​

ZipStream is available on npm.

$ npm install zip-stream

ZipStream Class​

new ZipStream(options);

constructor​

Parameters​
  • options - Object

The options object may contain the following properties:

  • comment - String - Sets the zip archive comment.
  • forceLocalTime - Boolean - Forces the archive to contain local file times instead of UTC.
  • forceZip64 - Boolean - Forces the archive to contain ZIP64 headers.
  • namePrependSlash - Boolean - Prepends a forward slash to archive file paths.
  • store - Boolean - Sets the compression method to STORE.
  • zlib - Object - Passed to zlib to control compression

entry​

Appends an entry given an input source (text string, buffer, or stream).

entry(source, data, callback) → {this}
Parameters​
  • source - Buffer | Stream | String - The input source.
  • data - Object - The entry data.
  • callback - Function

The data object may contain the following properties:

  • name - String - The entry name including internal path.
  • comment - String - The entry comment.
  • date - String | Date - The entry date.
  • mode - Number - The entry permissions.
  • namePrependSlash - Boolean - Prepends a forward slash to archive file paths.
  • store - Boolean - The compression method to STORE.
  • type - String - The entry type. Defaults to directory if name ends with trailing slash.

finalize​

finalize() → {void}

Finalizes the instance and prevents further appending to the archive structure (queue will continue til drained).

Parameters​

None

getBytesWritten​

getBytesWritten() → {Number}
Parameters​

None