Compress Files

Description

The Compress Files action compresses a number of input files into a .zip file using the Deflate algorithm.

Usage

Input

Input to the action is provided as a JSON string representing a list of files, each with Name and Content fields representing the name and content of the file in Base64. Input is provided as JSON:

• Provided through a Liquid object if looped with JSON parse over a directory of files, so that all files in an SFTP directory are compressed automatically.
• A hand coded JSON with the names and contents of the files, using this structure:

[
 {
   "Name": "file1.txt",
   "Content":"base64File1Content"
 },
 {
   "Name": "file2.xml",
   "Content":"base64File2Content}"
 }
]

Limits

The following limits apply:

• The maximum stable file size for compression is 40MB - time approximately 10 seconds.
• The maximum number of files to compress is 50.

Examples

An example flow using a hand coded JSON file is shown below where specific files to be compressed are first retrieved from a directory and then compressed.

An example flow is shown below using a Liquid object, where a JSON parse action is looped over an SFTP directory of files, so that all files in the directory are compressed automatically.