Folder To Zip — Reference

Create a ZIP archive from the contents of a server folder.

Before you begin

• A server with the required ZIP libraries and a dedicated test folder/archive. Authorize access to the source and destination paths.

Folder To Zip

Create a ZIP archive from the contents of a server folder.

Settings

Setting	Meaning
Name	Names the returned saved path, metadata or comment for later steps. Extraction returns a success result rather than a new archive.
Zip File	The complete application-relative server archive filename. For creation, prepare its writable parent directory first.
Folder	The server directory whose contents will be archived.
Comment	Optional archive-level comment text.
Recursive	Includes nested directories and their files when enabled. Default off. Verify the resulting archive structure.
Overwrite	For archive creation, allows replacing an existing ZIP; otherwise a unique name can be chosen. For UnZip, this exposed option is not honored as a protective gate in the installed implementations.
Output	Includes the named returned path, entry list, comment or extraction result in the action response. Default off; this does not download the archive itself.

Worked example

Use a test folder containing a file and a nested subfolder. Create one archive with Recursive off and another with it on. Read their entry lists and confirm the expected nested files are included only in the recursive case.

Archive boundaries

The chosen folder’s contents become the archive entries; this is not a backup of every external file referenced by your application. Inspect hidden-file and subfolder behavior on the deployed backend and avoid archiving an unrestricted project root.

Connect the file workflow

Use the actual returned archive path after creation. Use File Download when a browser should receive it, and keep any private files behind a protected server action.

Check your result

You can configure the archive operation and verify the intended entries, metadata or extracted files.