Downloading of zip file through ASP.NET MVC using DotNetZip

Question

I have created a text file in a folder and zipped that folder and saved @same location for test purpose. I wanted to download that zip file directly on user machine after it

Answer 1

For those just wanting to return an existing Zip file from the App_Data folder (just dump in your zip files there), in the Home controller create this action method:

    public FileResult DownLoad(string filename)
    {
        var content = XFile.GetFile(filename);
        return File(content, System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Zip, filename);

    }

Get File is an extention method:

   public static byte[] GetFile(string name)
    {
        string path = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetData("DataDirectory").ToString();
        string filenanme = path + "/" + name;
        byte[] bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(filenanme);
        return bytes;
    }

Home controller Index view looks like this:

@model  List



    @foreach (var item in Model)
    {
        
    }

    

        

            @Html.DisplayName("File Name")
        
        

            @Html.DisplayName("Last Write Time")
        
        

            @Html.DisplayName("Length (mb)")
        
        

    

            

                @Html.ActionLink("DownLoad","DownLoad",new {filename=item.Name})
            
            

                @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Name)
            
            

                @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.LastWriteTime)
            
            

                @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Length)
            
        

The main index file action method:

    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        var names = XFile.GetFileInformation();
        return View(names);
    }

Where GetFileInformation is an extension method:

    public static List GetFileInformation()
    {
        string path = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetData("DataDirectory").ToString();
        var dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(path);
        return dirInfo.EnumerateFiles().ToList();
    }