### A portable (OSX/Linux/Windows), simple zip library written in C This is done by hacking awesome [miniz](https://code.google.com/p/miniz) library and layering functions on top of the miniz v1.15 API. [![Build](https://github.com/kuba--/zip/workflows/build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/kuba--/zip/actions?query=workflow%3Abuild) # The Idea ... Some day, I was looking for zip library written in C for my project, but I could not find anything simple enough and lightweight. Everything what I tried required 'crazy mental gymnastics' to integrate or had some limitations or was too heavy. I hate frameworks, factories and adding new dependencies. If I must to install all those dependencies and link new library, I'm getting almost sick. I wanted something powerfull and small enough, so I could add just a few files and compile them into my project. And finally I found miniz. Miniz is a lossless, high performance data compression library in a single source file. I only needed simple interface to append buffers or files to the current zip-entry. Thanks to this feature I'm able to merge many files/buffers and compress them on-the-fly. It was the reason, why I decided to write zip module on top of the miniz. It required a little bit hacking and wrapping some functions, but I kept simplicity. So, you can grab these 3 files and compile them into your project. I hope that interface is also extremely simple, so you will not have any problems to understand it. # Examples * Create a new zip archive with default compression level. ```c struct zip_t *zip = zip_open("foo.zip", ZIP_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_LEVEL, 'w'); { zip_entry_open(zip, "foo-1.txt"); { const char *buf = "Some data here...\0"; zip_entry_write(zip, buf, strlen(buf)); } zip_entry_close(zip); zip_entry_open(zip, "foo-2.txt"); { // merge 3 files into one entry and compress them on-the-fly. zip_entry_fwrite(zip, "foo-2.1.txt"); zip_entry_fwrite(zip, "foo-2.2.txt"); zip_entry_fwrite(zip, "foo-2.3.txt"); } zip_entry_close(zip); } zip_close(zip); ``` * Append to the existing zip archive. ```c struct zip_t *zip = zip_open("foo.zip", ZIP_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_LEVEL, 'a'); { zip_entry_open(zip, "foo-3.txt"); { const char *buf = "Append some data here...\0"; zip_entry_write(zip, buf, strlen(buf)); } zip_entry_close(zip); } zip_close(zip); ``` * Extract a zip archive into a folder. ```c int on_extract_entry(const char *filename, void *arg) { static int i = 0; int n = *(int *)arg; printf("Extracted: %s (%d of %d)\n", filename, ++i, n); return 0; } int arg = 2; zip_extract("foo.zip", "/tmp", on_extract_entry, &arg); ``` * Extract a zip entry into memory. ```c void *buf = NULL; size_t bufsize; struct zip_t *zip = zip_open("foo.zip", 0, 'r'); { zip_entry_open(zip, "foo-1.txt"); { zip_entry_read(zip, &buf, &bufsize); } zip_entry_close(zip); } zip_close(zip); free(buf); ``` * Extract a zip entry into memory (no internal allocation). ```c unsigned char *buf; size_t bufsize; struct zip_t *zip = zip_open("foo.zip", 0, 'r'); { zip_entry_open(zip, "foo-1.txt"); { bufsize = zip_entry_size(zip); buf = calloc(sizeof(unsigned char), bufsize); zip_entry_noallocread(zip, (void *)buf, bufsize); } zip_entry_close(zip); } zip_close(zip); free(buf); ``` * Extract a zip entry into memory using callback. ```c struct buffer_t { char *data; size_t size; }; static size_t on_extract(void *arg, unsigned long long offset, const void *data, size_t size) { struct buffer_t *buf = (struct buffer_t *)arg; buf->data = realloc(buf->data, buf->size + size + 1); assert(NULL != buf->data); memcpy(&(buf->data[buf->size]), data, size); buf->size += size; buf->data[buf->size] = 0; return size; } struct buffer_t buf = {0}; struct zip_t *zip = zip_open("foo.zip", 0, 'r'); { zip_entry_open(zip, "foo-1.txt"); { zip_entry_extract(zip, on_extract, &buf); } zip_entry_close(zip); } zip_close(zip); free(buf.data); ``` * Extract a zip entry into a file. ```c struct zip_t *zip = zip_open("foo.zip", 0, 'r'); { zip_entry_open(zip, "foo-2.txt"); { zip_entry_fread(zip, "foo-2.txt"); } zip_entry_close(zip); } zip_close(zip); ``` * Create a new zip archive in memory (stream API). ```c char *outbuf = NULL; size_t outbufsize = 0; const char *inbuf = "Append some data here...\0"; struct zip_t *zip = zip_stream_open(NULL, 0, ZIP_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_LEVEL, 'w'); { zip_entry_open(zip, "foo-1.txt"); { zip_entry_write(zip, inbuf, strlen(inbuf)); } zip_entry_close(zip); /* copy compressed stream into outbuf */ zip_stream_copy(zip, (void **)&outbuf, &outbufsize); } zip_stream_close(zip); free(outbuf); ``` * Extract a zip entry into a memory (stream API). ```c char *buf = NULL; ssize_t bufsize = 0; struct zip_t *zip = zip_stream_open(zipstream, zipstreamsize, 0, 'r'); { zip_entry_open(zip, "foo-1.txt"); { zip_entry_read(zip, (void **)&buf, &bufsize); } zip_entry_close(zip); } zip_stream_close(zip); free(buf); ``` * List of all zip entries ```c struct zip_t *zip = zip_open("foo.zip", 0, 'r'); int i, n = zip_entries_total(zip); for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) { zip_entry_openbyindex(zip, i); { const char *name = zip_entry_name(zip); int isdir = zip_entry_isdir(zip); unsigned long long size = zip_entry_size(zip); unsigned int crc32 = zip_entry_crc32(zip); } zip_entry_close(zip); } zip_close(zip); ``` * Compress folder (recursively) ```c void zip_walk(struct zip_t *zip, const char *path) { DIR *dir; struct dirent *entry; char fullpath[MAX_PATH]; struct stat s; memset(fullpath, 0, MAX_PATH); dir = opendir(path); assert(dir); while ((entry = readdir(dir))) { // skip "." and ".." if (!strcmp(entry->d_name, ".\0") || !strcmp(entry->d_name, "..\0")) continue; snprintf(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), "%s/%s", path, entry->d_name); stat(fullpath, &s); if (S_ISDIR(s.st_mode)) zip_walk(zip, fullpath); else { zip_entry_open(zip, fullpath); zip_entry_fwrite(zip, fullpath); zip_entry_close(zip); } } closedir(dir); } ``` * Deletes zip archive entries. ```c char *entries[] = {"unused.txt", "remove.ini", "delete.me"}; struct zip_t *zip = zip_open("foo.zip", 0, 'd'); { zip_entries_delete(zip, entries, 3); } zip_close(zip); ``` # Bindings Compile zip library as a dynamic library. ```shell $ mkdir build $ cd build $ cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=true .. $ make ``` ### [Go](https://golang.org) (cgo) ```go package main /* #cgo CFLAGS: -I../src #cgo LDFLAGS: -L. -lzip #include */ import "C" import "unsafe" func main() { path := C.CString("/tmp/go.zip") zip := C.zip_open(path, 6, 'w') entryname := C.CString("test") C.zip_entry_open(zip, entryname) content := "test content" buf := unsafe.Pointer(C.CString(content)) bufsize := C.size_t(len(content)) C.zip_entry_write(zip, buf, bufsize) C.zip_entry_close(zip) C.zip_close(zip) } ``` ### [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org) (ffi) ```rust extern crate libc; use std::ffi::CString; #[repr(C)] pub struct Zip { _private: [u8; 0], } #[link(name = "zip")] extern "C" { fn zip_open(path: *const libc::c_char, level: libc::c_int, mode: libc::c_char) -> *mut Zip; fn zip_close(zip: *mut Zip) -> libc::c_void; fn zip_entry_open(zip: *mut Zip, entryname: *const libc::c_char) -> libc::c_int; fn zip_entry_close(zip: *mut Zip) -> libc::c_int; fn zip_entry_write( zip: *mut Zip, buf: *const libc::c_void, bufsize: libc::size_t, ) -> libc::c_int; } fn main() { let path = CString::new("/tmp/rust.zip").unwrap(); let mode: libc::c_char = 'w' as libc::c_char; let entryname = CString::new("test.txt").unwrap(); let content = "test content\0"; unsafe { let zip: *mut Zip = zip_open(path.as_ptr(), 5, mode); { zip_entry_open(zip, entryname.as_ptr()); { let buf = content.as_ptr() as *const libc::c_void; let bufsize = content.len() as libc::size_t; zip_entry_write(zip, buf, bufsize); } zip_entry_close(zip); } zip_close(zip); } } ``` ### [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org) (ffi) Install _ffi_ gem. ```shell $ gem install ffi ``` Bind in your module. ```ruby require 'ffi' module Zip extend FFI::Library ffi_lib "./libzip.#{::FFI::Platform::LIBSUFFIX}" attach_function :zip_open, [:string, :int, :char], :pointer attach_function :zip_close, [:pointer], :void attach_function :zip_entry_open, [:pointer, :string], :int attach_function :zip_entry_close, [:pointer], :void attach_function :zip_entry_write, [:pointer, :string, :int], :int end ptr = Zip.zip_open("/tmp/ruby.zip", 6, "w".bytes()[0]) status = Zip.zip_entry_open(ptr, "test") content = "test content" status = Zip.zip_entry_write(ptr, content, content.size()) Zip.zip_entry_close(ptr) Zip.zip_close(ptr) ``` ### [Python](https://www.python.org) (cffi) Install _cffi_ package ```shell $ pip install cffi ``` Bind in your package. ```python import ctypes.util from cffi import FFI ffi = FFI() ffi.cdef(""" struct zip_t *zip_open(const char *zipname, int level, char mode); void zip_close(struct zip_t *zip); int zip_entry_open(struct zip_t *zip, const char *entryname); int zip_entry_close(struct zip_t *zip); int zip_entry_write(struct zip_t *zip, const void *buf, size_t bufsize); """) Zip = ffi.dlopen(ctypes.util.find_library("zip")) ptr = Zip.zip_open("/tmp/python.zip", 6, 'w') status = Zip.zip_entry_open(ptr, "test") content = "test content" status = Zip.zip_entry_write(ptr, content, len(content)) Zip.zip_entry_close(ptr) Zip.zip_close(ptr) ``` ### [Never](https://never-lang.readthedocs.io/) (ffi) ```never extern "libzip.so" func zip_open(zipname: string, level: int, mode: char) -> c_ptr extern "libzip.so" func zip_close(zip: c_ptr) -> void extern "libzip.so" func zip_entry_open(zip: c_ptr, entryname: string) -> int extern "libzip.so" func zip_entry_close(zip: c_ptr) -> int extern "libzip.so" func zip_entry_write(zip: c_ptr, buf: string, bufsize: int) -> int extern "libzip.so" func zip_entry_fwrite(zip: c_ptr, filename: string) -> int func main() -> int { let content = "Test content" let zip = zip_open("/tmp/never.zip", 6, 'w'); zip_entry_open(zip, "test.file"); zip_entry_fwrite(zip, "/tmp/test.txt"); zip_entry_close(zip); zip_entry_open(zip, "test.content"); zip_entry_write(zip, content, length(content)); zip_entry_close(zip); zip_close(zip); 0 } ``` ### [Ring](http://ring-lang.net) The language comes with RingZip based on this library ```ring load "ziplib.ring" new Zip { setFileName("myfile.zip") open("w") newEntry() { open("test.c") writefile("test.c") close() } close() } ``` # Check out more cool projects which use this library: - [Filament](https://github.com/google/filament): Filament is a real-time physically based rendering engine for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and WebGL. It is designed to be as small as possible and as efficient as possible on Android. - [Hermes JS Engine](https://github.com/facebook/hermes): Hermes is a JavaScript engine optimized for fast start-up of React Native apps on Android. It features ahead-of-time static optimization and compact bytecode. - [Open Asset Import Library](https://github.com/assimp/assimp): A library to import and export various 3d-model-formats including scene-post-processing to generate missing render data. - [PowerToys](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys): Set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows 10 experience for greater productivity. - [The Ring Programming Language](https://ring-lang.github.io): Innovative and practical general-purpose multi-paradigm language. - [The V Programming Language](https://github.com/vlang/v): Simple, fast, safe, compiled. For developing maintainable software. - [TIC-80](https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80): TIC-80 is a FREE and OPEN SOURCE fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games. - [Urho3D](https://github.com/urho3d/Urho3D): Urho3D is a free lightweight, cross-platform 2D and 3D game engine implemented in C++ and released under the MIT license. Greatly inspired by OGRE and Horde3D. - [Vcpkg](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg): Vcpkg helps you manage C and C++ libraries on Windows, Linux and MacOS. - [and more...](https://grep.app/search?q=kuba--/zip)