ZIPPacker¶

Allows the creation of zip files.

Description¶

This class implements a writer that allows storing the multiple blobs in a zip archive.

func write_zip_file():
    var writer := ZIPPacker.new()
    var err := writer.open("user://archive.zip")
    if err != OK:
        return err
    writer.start_file("hello.txt")
    writer.write_file("Hello World".to_utf8_buffer())
    writer.close_file()

    writer.close()
    return OK

Methods¶

Error	close ( )
Error	close_file ( )
Error	open ( String path, ZipAppend append=0 )
Error	start_file ( String path )
Error	write_file ( PackedByteArray data )

Enumerations¶

enum ZipAppend:

ZipAppend APPEND_CREATE = 0

Create a new zip archive at the given path.

ZipAppend APPEND_CREATEAFTER = 1

Append a new zip archive to the end of the already existing file at the given path.

ZipAppend APPEND_ADDINZIP = 2

Add new files to the existing zip archive at the given path.

Method Descriptions¶

Error close ( )

Closes the underlying resources used by this instance.

Error close_file ( )

Stops writing to a file within the archive.

It will fail if there is no open file.

Error open ( String path, ZipAppend append=0 )

Opens a zip file for writing at the given path using the specified write mode.

This must be called before everything else.

Error start_file ( String path )

Starts writing to a file within the archive. Only one file can be written at the same time.

Must be called after open.

Error write_file ( PackedByteArray data )

Write the given data to the file.

Needs to be called after start_file.