React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Unzip Selected Files from a Zip Archive

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the files contained within a .zip and unzip specific files. React Native

import { Zip, ZipEntry } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const zip = new Zip();

  try {
    await zip.openZipAsync('my_files.zip');
  } catch {
    console.log(zip.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const unzipDir = '/temp/unzipDir';

  // Get the number of files and directories in the .zip
  const n = zip.numEntries;

  const entry = new ZipEntry();

  let i = 0;
  while (i < n) {

    zip.entryAt(i, entry);
    if (!entry.isDirectory) {
      // (the filename may include a path)
      console.log(entry.fileName);

      // Your application may choose to unzip this entry
      // based on the filename.
      // If the entry should be unzipped, then call Extract(unzipDir)
      try {
        await entry.extractAsync(unzipDir);
      } catch {
        console.log(entry.lastErrorText);
        return;
      }
    }

    i++;
  }
}