Ruby Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Create a Zip Entirely in Memory

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Demonstrates how to create a .zip from in-memory byte data and strings, and to write the .zip to an in-memory image. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

crypt = Chilkat::CkCrypt2.new()
zip = Chilkat::CkZip.new()

success = zip.NewZip("test.zip")
if (success == false)
    print zip.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Add the bytes 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x03 ... 0x0F as a file in the .zip
bd = Chilkat::CkBinData.new()
bd.AppendEncoded("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex")
zip.AddBd("binaryData.dat",bd)

#  Add the string "Hello World!" to the .zip
zip.AddString("helloWorld.txt","Hello World!","utf-8")

zipFileInMemory = Chilkat::CkByteData.new()
success = zip.WriteToMemory(zipFileInMemory)

#  We could save these files to a file, and it is a valid .zip
fac = Chilkat::CkFileAccess.new()
success = fac.WriteEntireFile("test.zip",zipFileInMemory)
if (success == false)
    print fac.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Zip Created!" + "\n";