How to compress files to create a new zip archive in C# .NET Framework

File compression is an excellent tool to have, but can be a be difficult to implement in C#. That is, if you use the standard method. Today I’m going to show you how to use an API as a shortcut to skip all of the hard work and get straight to the results.

To use our API we will need to install our client; accomplish this by entering this command into the console of Package Manager.

Install-Package Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert -Version 2.2.0

Now invoking ZipArchiveZipCreate, the API will create our zip file for us.

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert.Api;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert.Client;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert.Model;
namespace Example
{
public class ZipArchiveZipCreateExample
{
public void main()
{
// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
Configuration.Default.AddApiKey("Apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY");
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// Configuration.Default.AddApiKeyPrefix("Apikey", "Bearer");
var apiInstance = new ZipArchiveApi();
try
{
// Compress files to create a new zip archive
Object result = apiInstance.ZipArchiveZipCreate();
Debug.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.Print("Exception when calling ZipArchiveApi.ZipArchiveZipCreate: " + e.Message );
}
}
}
}

Done! Oh so easy. We have a ton of other useful API functions like this one, so take a moment and look through our documentation section. It could save you a lot of time!