Perfect's Zip Toolkit

Perfect provides a wrapper around the minizip C library and implements a set of convenience functions for use when the PerfectZip package is imported.

Relevant Examples

Getting Started

On MacOS, install minizip using Homebrew:

brew install minizip

On Ubuntu, install minizip:

apt-get install libminizip-dev

In addition to the PerfectLib, you will need the Perfect-Zip dependency in the Package.swift file:

.Package(url: "https://github.com/PerfectlySoft/Perfect-Zip.git", majorVersion: 3)

Using Perfect Zip

The two main functions of the Perfect Zip module are to zip files, or unzip a zip file.

Declaring an instance of the Zip class

Before initiating compression or decompression, an instance of the class must be created:

let myVar = Zip()

Zip

To compress a file, use the .zipFiles(...) method.

zipFiles(
    paths: [String], 
    zipFilePath: String, 
    overwrite: Bool, 
    password: String?
) -> ZipStatus

This method returns the success/fail status of the operation as a ZipStatus enum.

Parameters:

  • paths: The array of file paths to add to the zip file
  • zipFilePath: The path and filename of the destination zip file
  • overwrite: A boolean declaring the behaviour to attempt when the destination zip file exists
  • password: The password string to use for password-protecting the zip file. Optional. Leave empty or omit to create an unprotected zip file.

UnZip

To decompress a file, use the .unzipFile(...) method.

unzipFile(
    source: String, 
    destination: String, 
    overwrite: Bool, 
    password: String = ""
) -> ZipStatus

This method returns the success/fail status of the operation as a ZipStatus enum.

Parameters:

  • source: The file path of zipped file
  • destination: The path to the directory into which the contents of the zip file are to be placed
  • overwrite: A boolean declaring the behaviour to attempt when the destination directory or file exists
  • password: The password string to use for decrypting a password-protected zip file. Optional.

ZipStatus

The ZipStatus values are as follows:

  • .FileNotFound
  • .UnzipFail
  • .ZipFail
  • .ZipCannotOverwrite
  • .ZipSuccess

The enum has a .description variable which returns human-readable descriptors of each enum value.

  • .FileNotFound - "File not found."
  • .UnzipFail - "Failed to unzip file."
  • .ZipFail - "Failed to zip file."
  • .ZipCannotOverwrite - "Cannot overwrite destination file."
  • .ZipSuccess - "Success."

Usage

The following will zip the specified directory:

import PerfectZip

let myZip = Zip()

let thisZipFile = "/path/to/ZipFile.zip"
let sourceDir = "/path/to/files/"

let ZipResult = myZip.zipFiles(
    paths: [sourceDir], 
    zipFilePath: thisZipFile, 
    overwrite: true, password: ""
)
print("ZipResult Result: \(ZipResult.description)")

To unzip a file:

import PerfectZip

let myZip = Zip()

let sourceDir = "/path/to/files/"
let thisZipFile = "/path/to/ZipFile.zip"

let UnZipResult = myZip.unzipFile(
    source: thisZipFile, 
    destination: sourceDir, 
    overwrite: true
)
print("Unzip Result: \(UnZipResult.description)")