How to Create a Structured ZIP Archive in Node.JS

ZIP archives were developed to protect sensitive information and compress data into a format that can save space and be electronically shared with clients and partners. By utilizing the following API in Node.JS, you will be able to create a new ZIP archive by compressing files and folders into a structured format.

First, you can run this command to install the SDK:

npm install cloudmersive-convert-api-client --save

Or add this snippet to your package.json:

"dependencies": {
    "cloudmersive-convert-api-client": "^2.6.3"
  }

Now, before you can call the function in Swift, you will need to fill in the information in the below input request:

{
  "FilesInZip": [
    {
      "FileName": "string",
      "FileContents": "string"
    }
  ],
  "DirectoriesInZip": [
    {
      "DirectoryName": "string",
      "DirectoriesInDirectory": [
        null
      ],
      "FilesInDirectory": [
        {
          "FileName": "string",
          "FileContents": "string"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
At this point, we are ready to configure the API key and call the function:
var CloudmersiveConvertApiClient = require('cloudmersive-convert-api-client');
var defaultClient = CloudmersiveConvertApiClient.ApiClient.instance;
// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
var Apikey = defaultClient.authentications['Apikey'];
Apikey.apiKey = 'YOUR API KEY';
var apiInstance = new CloudmersiveConvertApiClient.ZipArchiveApi();
var request = new CloudmersiveConvertApiClient.CreateZipArchiveRequest(); // CreateZipArchiveRequest | Input request
var callback = function(error, data, response) {
  if (error) {
    console.error(error);
  } else {
    console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + data);
  }
};
apiInstance.zipArchiveZipCreateAdvanced(request, callback);

And that’s it! If you need to obtain an API key, you can do so by registering for a free account on the Cloudmersive website; this will provide 800 calls/month across any of our APIs.