Zig 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. Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    var success: bool = false;

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

    const crypt = try chilkat.Crypt2.init();
    defer crypt.deinit();
    const zip = try chilkat.Zip.init();
    defer zip.deinit();

    success = if (zip.newZip("test.zip")) true else |_| false;
    if (!success) {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try zip.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    // Add the bytes 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x03 ... 0x0F as a file in the .zip
    const bd = try chilkat.BinData.init();
    defer bd.deinit();
    bd.appendEncoded("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F", "hex") catch {};
    zip.addBd("binaryData.dat", bd) catch {};

    // Add the string "Hello World!" to the .zip
    zip.addString("helloWorld.txt", "Hello World!", "utf-8") catch {};

ERROR: Method not in the Zig package: Zip.WriteToMemory
ERROR: Method not in the Zig package: Zip.WriteToMemory
    zip_file_in_memory = zip.ERROR();

    // We could save these files to a file, and it is a valid .zip
    const fac = try chilkat.FileAccess.init();
    defer fac.deinit();
ERROR: Method not in the Zig package: FileAccess.WriteEntireFile
ERROR: Method not in the Zig package: FileAccess.WriteEntireFile
    success = fac.ERROR();
    if (!success) {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try fac.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    std.debug.print("Zip Created!\n", .{});
}