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ZIPReader¶

Allows reading the content of a zip file.

Description¶

This class implements a reader that can extract the content of individual files inside a zip archive.

func read_zip_file():
    var reader := ZIPReader.new()
    var err := reader.open("user://archive.zip")
    if err != OK:
        return PackedByteArray()
    var res := reader.read_file("hello.txt")
    reader.close()
    return res

Methods¶

Error	close()
bool	file_exists(path: String, case_sensitive: bool = true)
PackedStringArray	get_files()
Error	open(path: String)
PackedByteArray	read_file(path: String, case_sensitive: bool = true)

Method Descriptions¶

Error close() 🔗

Closes the underlying resources used by this instance.

bool file_exists(path: String, case_sensitive: bool = true) 🔗

Returns true if the file exists in the loaded zip archive.

Must be called after open.

PackedStringArray get_files() 🔗

Returns the list of names of all files in the loaded archive.

Must be called after open.

Error open(path: String) 🔗

Opens the zip archive at the given path and reads its file index.

PackedByteArray read_file(path: String, case_sensitive: bool = true) 🔗

Loads the whole content of a file in the loaded zip archive into memory and returns it.

Must be called after open.