(Node.js) Append String as a File to a Zip

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Demonstrates how to append text data as a file within a zip archive.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

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

    var zip = new chilkat.Zip();
    var success;

    var zipPath = "c:/temp/test.zip";

    // Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
    zip.NewZip(zipPath);

    // Append a file that will contain the string "Hello World";
    var fileContent = "Hello World";
    var pathInZip = "txtFiles/helloWorld.txt";
    // entry: ZipEntry
    var entry = zip.AppendString(pathInZip,fileContent);

    zip.FileName = zipPath;
    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Success.");

}

chilkatExample();