SSZipArchive unzip from Url - ios

Question

I am using SSZipArchive to unzip files from a Url (http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/download/peace.zip). For this I am using the function :
SSZipArchive.unzipFile(atPath: path, toDestination: documentsPath, progressHandler: {
Is it possible to extract files from Url using SSZipArchive ?
Is yes, how do I pass Url in atPath ?

Answer 1

You can't directly unzip without downloading the file from the URL.
This is how I do this,
func downLoad() {
let url : String = "http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/download/peace.zip"
var localPath: NSURL?
Alamofire.download(.GET,url,
destination: { (temporaryURL, response) in
let directoryURL = NSFileManager.defaultManager().URLsForDirectory(.DocumentDirectory, inDomains: .UserDomainMask)[0]
let pathComponent = response.suggestedFilename
localPath = directoryURL.URLByAppendingPathComponent(pathComponent!)
return localPath!
})
.response { (request, response, _, error) in
SwiftEventBus.post("DownloadedSuccessfully", sender: localPath!)
}
}
After downloading the content, unzip it where you want to.
SwiftEventBus.onMainThread(self, name:"DownloadedSuccessfully")
{
result in
let resultStatus = result.object as! NSURL
guard let zipPath: String = resultStatus.path! as String else {
return
}
guard let unZipPath = unzipPath() else {
return
}
let success = SSZipArchive.unzipFileAtPath(zipPath, toDestination: unZipPath)
print(unZipPath)
if !success {
return
}
}
I unzipped the file and stored it in the document directory
func unzipPath() -> String? {
let path = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)[0]
let url = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: path)
do {
try NSFileManager.defaultManager().createDirectoryAtURL(url, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
} catch {
return nil
}
if let path = url.path {
return path
}
return nil
}
From there you can access the data of the file. Here I used third party frameworks Alamofire and swiftEventBus. Hope this works for you.