React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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. 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('qa_data/zips/EC16100.zip');
  } catch {
    console.log(zip.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Get the 1st file in the .zip
  const entry = new ZipEntry();
  try {
    zip.entryAt(0, entry);
  } catch {
    console.log(zip.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const fileContents = await entry.unzipToStringAsync(0, 'utf-8');
  console.log(fileContents);
}