Node.js

Unzip an AES Encrypted Text File directly into a String Variable

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A common need is to unzip from an AES encrypted Zip archive directly into a string variable, such that the unencrypted file never resides on disk, even temporarily. This example shows how to do it. Node.js

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var zip = new chilkat.Zip();

    // This example opens a WinZip-compatible AES encrypted
    // .zip that contains a single file: hamlet.xml.

    // It decrypts and unzips hamlet.xml directly into a string
    // variable.
    zip.SetPassword("secret");
    success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/hamlet.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var entry = new chilkat.ZipEntry();
    success = zip.EntryOf("hamlet.xml",entry);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // lineEndingBehavior:
    // 0 = leave unchanged.
    // 1 = convert all to bare LF's
    // 2 = convert all to CRLF's
    var lineEndingBehavior = 0;
    var srcCharset = "utf-8";
    var xmlText = entry.UnzipToString(lineEndingBehavior,srcCharset);
    console.log(xmlText);

}

chilkatExample();