How can I unzip a file to a .NET memory stream?

Question

I have files (from 3rd parties) that are being FTP\'d to a directory on our server. I download them and process them even \'x\' minutes. Works great.

Now, some of th

Answer 1

You can use ZipArchiveEntry.Open to get a stream.

This code assumes the zip archive has one text file.

using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open))
using (ZipArchive zip = new ZipArchive(fs) )
{
    var entry = zip.Entries.First();

    using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(entry.Open()))
    {
        Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadToEnd());
    }
}