Unable to write to a file

[ticup]

Hi,

I'm trying to write the zip to a file, but its unable to open the written file properly, saying: "the file is corrupted or is of unsupported format".

var fs = require("fs");
var zip = new require('node-zip')();
zip.file('test.txt', 'hello there');
var data = zip.generate({base64:true,compression:'DEFLATE'});
fs.writeFile('test.zip', data);

Using node 0.6.6 and 0.8.11 on OSX, tried opening with Zipeg and Archive Utility.

Thanks in advance.

[daraosn]

Use this instead:

var data = zip.generate({base64:false,compression:'DEFLATE'});

[ticup]

tried that, doesn't fix it.

[daraosn]

Ok, thanks for reporting. Found two solutions for this:

1) Save using base64 encoding:

var fs = require("fs");
var zip = new require('node-zip')();
zip.file('test.txt', 'hello there');
var data = zip.generate({base64:true,compression:'DEFLATE'});
fs.writeFile('test.zip', data, 'base64');

2) Save using binary encoding:

var fs = require("fs");
var zip = new require('node-zip')();
zip.file('test.txt', 'hello there');
var data = zip.generate({base64:false,compression:'DEFLATE'});
fs.writeFile('test.zip', data, 'binary');

It worked for me this time. Let me know how it goes.

[ticup]

Both solutions do indeed work!

Thanks for the quick fix, maybe add it to the readme?

cheers.

[daraosn]

Definitely, thanks for reporting.

Cheers.