Node.js

Unzip Text File to String

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Demonstrates how to open a .zip and extract the 1st file (assuming it's a text file) to a string variable. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

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();

    success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/EC16100.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Get the 1st file in the .zip
    var entry = new chilkat.ZipEntry();
    success = zip.EntryAt(0,entry);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var fileContents = entry.UnzipToString(0,"utf-8");
    console.log(fileContents);

}

chilkatExample();