Ziptool
A simple tool to zip and unzip from the command line or from your code.Requirements
- Node.js
https://nodejs.orgInstallation
Ziptool can be installed globally: npm install ziptool -g
or locally into your npm project:
npm install ziptool --save
Usage
CLI
Ziptool can be used directly from the command line to zip/unzip files:
```bash
# Zip file-1.txt and file-2.png into a new zip archive 'zip-archive':
ziptool --zip file-1.txt file-2.png -o zip-archive.zip
# Extract the files from my-archive.zip into the directory 'my-directory':
ziptool --unzip my-archive.zip -o zip-archive.zip
```
**For more information, run the command:**
`ziptool --help`
### Locally installedIf ziptool is installed locally, you need to replace the 'ziptool' command
by `node node_modules/ziptool/bin/ziptool`
or by adding scripts into your package.json file:
```javascript
"scripts": [
"ziptool": "ziptool"
]
```
Code
Ziptool's api is also available to use in your Node.js javascript files, simply require it:
```javascript
const ziptool = require('ziptool');
```
You can also require only the functions you need:
```javascript
const {zip} = require('ziptool');
```
## References
VERSION: constant```javascript
/**
* Current ziptool's version.
* @const {string}
*/
```
*Example*:
```javascript
console.log(ziptool.VERSION); // Will print the package's version you are using
```
zip (src, dest, callback): function```javascript
/**
* Create a zip archive from one or multiple files.
* @param {string|Array<string>} src - The pathname(s) of the file(s) to compress.
* @param {string} dest - The pathname of the zip archive to create.
* @param {Function} callback - The function called after the zip archive has
* been created or if an error occured.
*/
```
*Example*:
```javascript
zip(['file1.jpg', 'file2.png', 'file4.mp3'], 'idk.zip', (err) => {
// err is given to the callback as an argument.
// It is either null (= no error) or an Error instance (= error)
if (err) throw err;
});
```
unzip (src, dest, callback): function```javascript
/**
* Extract a zip archive to a specified location.
* @param {string} src - The zip archive filepath to be extracted.
* @param {string} dest - The directory path to extract the zip archive to.
* @param {Function} callback - The function called after the zip archive has
* been extracted or if an error occured.
*/
```
*Example*:
```javascript
unzip('idk.zip', 'a-directory', (err) => {
// err is given to the callback as an argument.
// It is either null (= no error) or an Error instance (= error)
if (err) throw err;
});
```
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