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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Compress Files with the Zip Archive API API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Compress Files action
1. Connect your Zip Archive API account
2. Select a Upload Type
3. Configure Archive Name
4. Optional- Configure Compression Level
5. Optional- Configure Password
6. Configure Files URLs
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Compress Files on Zip Archive API

Description:Compress files provided through URLs into a zip folder. [See the documentation](https://archiveapi.com/rest-api/file-compression/)

Version:0.0.1

Key:zip_archive_api-compress-files

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Code#

import app from "../../zip_archive_api.app.mjs";
import fs from "fs";
import FormData from "form-data";

export default {
  key: "zip_archive_api-compress-files",
  name: "Compress Files",
  description: "Compress files provided through URLs into a zip folder. [See the documentation](https://archiveapi.com/rest-api/file-compression/)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    uploadType: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "uploadType",
      ],
    },
    archiveName: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "archiveName",
      ],
    },
    compressionLevel: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "compressionLevel",
      ],
    },
    password: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "password",
      ],
    },
    files: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "files",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    let data = {
      files: this.files,
      archiveName: this.archiveName,
      compressionLevel: this.compressionLevel,
      password: this.password,
    };

    if (this.uploadType === "File") {
      data = new FormData();

      if (this.password) data.append("Password", this.password);
      if (this.compressionLevel) data.append("CompressionLevel", this.compressionLevel);
      data.append("ArchiveName", this.archiveName);

      for (const file of this.files) {
        data.append("Files", fs.createReadStream(file));
      }
    }

    const headers = this.uploadType === "File"
      ? data.getHeaders()
      : {};

    const response = await this.app.compressFiles({
      $,
      data,
      headers,
      responseType: "arraybuffer",
    });

    const tmpPath = `/tmp/${this.archiveName}`;
    fs.writeFileSync(tmpPath, response);

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully compressed the files into '${tmpPath}'`);

    return tmpPath;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Zip Archive API	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Zip Archive API app.
Upload Type	`uploadType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`URLFile`
Archive Name	`archiveName`	`string`	Compressed archive name
Compression Level	`compressionLevel`	`integer`	Archive compression level. Value range: 1-9
Password	`password`	`string`	The compressed ZIP archive password
Files URLs	`files`	`string[]`	The URLs or path of the files to be compressed