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Zipping using System.IO.Compression

By , 1 Nov 2012
 
To use System.IO.Compression, you need to add a reference to WindowsBase.dll.
 
The following code snippet shows how to use some of the provided functionalities: 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Packaging;
 
public static class ZipHelper
{
    public static void ZipFiles(string path, IEnumerable<string> files, CompressionOption compressionLevel = CompressionOption.Normal)
    {
        using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create))
        {
            ZipHelper.ZipFilesToStream(fileStream, files, compressionLevel);
        }
    }
 
    public static byte[] ZipFilesToByteArray(IEnumerable<string> files, CompressionOption compressionLevel = CompressionOption.Normal)
    {
        byte[] zipBytes = default(byte[]);
        using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            ZipHelper.ZipFilesToStream(memoryStream, files, compressionLevel);
            memoryStream.Flush();
            zipBytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
        }
 
        return zipBytes;
    }
 
    public static void Unzip(string zipPath, string baseFolder)
    {
        using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(zipPath, FileMode.Open))
        {
            ZipHelper.UnzipFilesFromStream(fileStream, baseFolder);
        }
    }
 
    public static void UnzipFromByteArray(byte[] zipData, string baseFolder)
    {
        using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(zipData))
        {
            ZipHelper.UnzipFilesFromStream(memoryStream, baseFolder);
        }
    }
 
    private static void ZipFilesToStream(Stream destination, IEnumerable<string> files, CompressionOption compressionLevel)
    {
        using (Package package = Package.Open(destination, FileMode.Create))
        {
            foreach (string path in files)
            {
                Uri fileUri = new Uri(@"/" + Path.GetFileName(path), UriKind.Relative);
                string contentType = @"data/" + ZipHelper.GetFileExtentionName(path);
 
                using (Stream zipStream = package.CreatePart(fileUri, contentType, compressionLevel).GetStream())
                {
                    using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open))
                    {
                        fileStream.CopyTo(zipStream);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    private static void UnzipFilesFromStream(Stream source, string baseFolder)
    {
        if (!Directory.Exists(baseFolder))
        {
            Directory.CreateDirectory(baseFolder);
        }
 
        using (Package package = Package.Open(source, FileMode.Open))
        {
            foreach (PackagePart zipPart in package.GetParts())
            {
                string path = Path.Combine(baseFolder, zipPart.Uri.ToString().Substring(1));
 
                using (Stream zipStream = zipPart.GetStream())
                {
                    using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create))
                    {
                        zipStream.CopyTo(fileStream);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    private static string GetFileExtentionName(string path)
    {
        string extention = Path.GetExtension(path);
        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(extention) && extention.StartsWith("."))
        {
            extention = extention.Substring(1);
        }
 
        return extention;
    }
}
 
Enjoy it!

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GeneralMy vote of 5memberAbey Thomas2 Nov '12 - 20:44 
QuestionCopy StreamgroupPaul @ The Computer Station31 Oct '12 - 12:39 
AnswerRe: Copy StreammemberTecfield1 Nov '12 - 3:13 
Questionpackage.GetParts() issue in UnzipFilesFromStreammemberAyusman110 Aug '12 - 2:39 
AnswerRe: package.GetParts() issue in UnzipFilesFromStreammemberTecfield10 Aug '12 - 3:08 
GeneralRe: Sorry, no malice intended here, but this is a general commen...memberDarren Doody26 Jan '12 - 15:14 
GeneralReason for my vote of 5 this is better than j .memberjavaevangelist7 Feb '12 - 8:39 
GeneralNice, but please specify .NET version required. In the titl...memberDarren Doody26 Jan '12 - 13:00 
GeneralRe: As long as you can make a reference to <code>WindowsBase.dll...memberTecfield26 Jan '12 - 15:05 
GeneralReason for my vote of 5 Nice examplememberloctrice24 Jan '12 - 9:09 
GeneralVery nice. It does not handle subdirectories (at least not i...memberloctrice24 Jan '12 - 9:08 
GeneralReason for my vote of 5 it is nice one. works with out any t...membervenkata124 Jan '12 - 5:16 
GeneralThank you very much for the good article. But I tried to zip...membervenkata124 Jan '12 - 5:10 
GeneralRe: Sorry. I got it working. This is due to the white space in S...membervenkata124 Jan '12 - 5:14 
GeneralThere is no license mentioned here. Can one use this code in...memberivanicin23 Jan '12 - 13:37 
GeneralRe: Its license is "The Code Project Open License (CPOL)".memberTecfield23 Jan '12 - 16:55 
GeneralRe: it's a general library tip, you can anywy always use that in...memberThatsAlok24 Jan '12 - 1:53 
GeneralThanks for the code, it works great and saves me from having...memberbunny ear tv19 Jan '12 - 3:35 
GeneralOK, I stand Corrected! I do apologize to the author. Just ...memberrcooley16 Jan '12 - 5:48 
GeneralReason for my vote of 5 OK, I was wrong. I apologize to the ...memberrcooley16 Jan '12 - 5:46 
GeneralIt is generally not a good practice to reference items off o...memberAndrew Rissing16 Jan '12 - 4:25 
GeneralRe: yes that's very true and been fixed :) thanksmemberTecfield16 Jan '12 - 5:24 
GeneralReason for my vote of 1 Dosnt Work!memberrcooley16 Jan '12 - 3:32 
GeneralRe: if you get it to work as I replied to your first post, pleas...memberTecfield16 Jan '12 - 5:23 
GeneralIt Dosnt work! It can't Identify the "using System.IO.Pack...memberrcooley16 Jan '12 - 3:31 

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