Archive (ZIP) - Create

Power Automate Connector: Encodian – General

Overview

The 'Archive (ZIP) - Create' flow compresses and adds up to 1000 files to a zip package (.zip). 

Example Flow

Please refer to the following articles:

• Retrieve a collection of files and add to an Archive package (ZIP File)
• How to Add to Archive (ZIP)

Credit Count

This action consumes 1 credit per operation.

Note, different Encodian actions can consume different number credits. Please always check the action specific documentation and read What is an Encodian Action for a full description of how credits are consumed.

Default Parameters

The default 'Archive (ZIP) - Create' flow action parameters are detailed below:

• Filename: The filename to assign to the resulting zip file (including the zip file extension).
• Documents: An array of documents to add to the zip file
• Password: A password to secure the contents of the zip file
• Encryption: Set the encryption level which will be applied to a password-protected zip file

NOTE: Windows cannot natively open AES128 and AES256 encrypted ZIP files, a tool such as 7Zip is required to open such ZIP files.

As a manually entered array:

• Filename: The filename of the source document (including the file extension).
• File Content: A Base64 encoded representation of the document
• Folder Path: Optional - The folder path to add the file to within the zip package. If no value is provided the file will be added to the root of the package.

As an array object:

Documents - JSON Schema 

The JSON provided within the documents parameter should conform to the following schema:

{
 "fileName": "<Filename including extension>",
 "fileContent": "<File contents>",
 "folderPath": "<Optional - UNC folder path, i.e. folder\folder\folder>"
}

 Advanced Parameters

The advanced 'Archive (ZIP) - Create' flow action parameters are detailed below:

• Encoding: Set the encoding type used for archiving documents.

Return Parameters

The 'Archive (ZIP) - Create' flow action returns the following data. 

Standard Return Values

• Filename - An filename provided.
• FileContent - A base64 string representation of the archive (.zip) file.
• OperationId - The unique ID assigned to this operation.
• HttpStatusCode - The HTTP Status code for the response.
• HttpStatusMessage - The HTTP Status message for the response.
• Errors - An array of error messages should an error occur.
• Operation Status - Indicates whether the operation has been completed, has been queued or has failed.