godot/modules/zip/doc_classes/ZIPPacker.xml

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<class name="ZIPPacker" inherits="RefCounted" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../doc/class.xsd">
	<brief_description>
		Allows the creation of ZIP files.
	</brief_description>
	<description>
		This class implements a writer that allows storing the multiple blobs in a ZIP archive. See also [ZIPReader] and [PCKPacker].
		[codeblock]
		# Create a ZIP archive with a single file at its root.
		func write_zip_file():
		    var writer = ZIPPacker.new()
		    var err = writer.open("user://archive.zip")
		    if err != OK:
		        return err
		    writer.start_file("hello.txt")
		    writer.write_file("Hello World".to_utf8_buffer())
		    writer.close_file()

		    writer.close()
		    return OK
		[/codeblock]
	</description>
	<tutorials>
	</tutorials>
	<methods>
		<method name="close">
			<return type="int" enum="Error" />
			<description>
				Closes the underlying resources used by this instance.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="close_file">
			<return type="int" enum="Error" />
			<description>
				Stops writing to a file within the archive.
				It will fail if there is no open file.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="open">
			<return type="int" enum="Error" />
			<param index="0" name="path" type="String" />
			<param index="1" name="append" type="int" enum="ZIPPacker.ZipAppend" default="0" />
			<description>
				Opens a zip file for writing at the given path using the specified write mode.
				This must be called before everything else.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="start_file">
			<return type="int" enum="Error" />
			<param index="0" name="path" type="String" />
			<description>
				Starts writing to a file within the archive. Only one file can be written at the same time.
				Must be called after [method open].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="write_file">
			<return type="int" enum="Error" />
			<param index="0" name="data" type="PackedByteArray" />
			<description>
				Write the given [param data] to the file.
				Needs to be called after [method start_file].
			</description>
		</method>
	</methods>
	<constants>
		<constant name="APPEND_CREATE" value="0" enum="ZipAppend">
			Create a new zip archive at the given path.
		</constant>
		<constant name="APPEND_CREATEAFTER" value="1" enum="ZipAppend">
			Append a new zip archive to the end of the already existing file at the given path.
		</constant>
		<constant name="APPEND_ADDINZIP" value="2" enum="ZipAppend">
			Add new files to the existing zip archive at the given path.
		</constant>
	</constants>
</class>