ASP.NET Download All Files as Zip

Question

I have a folder on my web server that has hundreds of mp3 files in it. I would like to provide the option for a user to download a zipped archive of every mp3 in the directo

Answer 1

            foreach (GridViewRow gvrow in grdUSPS.Rows)
            {
                  CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)gvrow.FindControl("chkSelect");
                if (chk.Checked)
                {
                string fileName = gvrow.Cells[1].Text;

                string filePath = Server.MapPathfilename);
                zip.AddFile(filePath, "files");
                }
            }
            Response.Clear();
            Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=DownloadedFile.zip");
            Response.ContentType = "application/zip";
            zip.Save(Response.OutputStream);
            Response.End();

Answer 2

Here is code I use to do this with DotNetZip - works very well. Obviously you will need to provide the variables for outputFileName, folderName, and includeSubFolders.

response.ContentType = "application/zip";
response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + outputFileName);
using (ZipFile zipfile = new ZipFile()) {
  zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("*.*", folderName, includeSubFolders);
  zipfile.Save(response.OutputStream);
}

Answer 3

I can't believe how easy this was. After reading this, here is the code that I used:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Response.Clear();
    Response.BufferOutput = false;
    Response.ContentType = "application/zip";
    Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=pauls_chapel_audio.zip");

    using (ZipFile zip = new ZipFile())
    {
        zip.CompressionLevel = CompressionLevel.None;
        zip.AddSelectedFiles("*.mp3", Server.MapPath("~/content/audio/"), "", false);
        zip.Save(Response.OutputStream);
    }

    Response.Close();
}

Answer 4

You could add a custom handler (.ashx file) that takes the file path, reads the file compresses it using a compression library and returns the bytes to the end user with the correct content-type.