C# – Unzip files programmatically in .net

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I am trying to programatically unzip a zipped file.

I have tried using the System.IO.Compression.GZipStream class in .NET, but when my app runs (actually a unit test) I get this exception:

System.IO.InvalidDataException: The magic number in GZip header is not correct. Make sure you are passing in a GZip stream..

I now realize that a .zip file is not the same as a .gz file, and that GZip is not the same as Zip.

However, since I'm able to extract the file by manually double clicking the zipped file and then clicking the "Extract all files"-button, I think there should be a way of doing that in code as well.

Therefore I've tried to use Process.Start() with the path to the zipped file as input. This causes my app to open a Window showing the contents in the zipped file. That's all fine, but the app will be installed on a server with none around to click the "Extract all files"-button.

So, how do I get my app to extract the files in the zipped files?

Or is there another way to do it? I prefer doing it in code, without downloading any third party libraries or apps; the security department ain't too fancy about that…

Best Answer

With .NET 4.5 you can now unzip files using the .NET framework:

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace ConsoleApplication
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      string startPath = @"c:\example\start";
      string zipPath = @"c:\example\result.zip";
      string extractPath = @"c:\example\extract";

      System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath);
      System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, extractPath);
    }
  }
}

The above code was taken directly from Microsoft's documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404280(v=vs.110).aspx

ZipFile is contained in the assembly System.IO.Compression.FileSystem. (Thanks nateirvin...see comment below)

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Create batch file to unzip files in multiple folders

Here you go

for /r C:\Mainfolder %%a in (filename.r*) do (
7z e %%a -o%%a_Extracted
del %%a /f /q
)

After looking at the switches for 7-Zip this might be faster (untested)

7z x filename.r* -o*_Extracted -r
del filename.r* /f /q

Either way they are extracted to a folder with _Extracted at the end, otherwise it will extract them to a folder with the same name as the archive, and when it deletes the files, it may try and delete the folders too.

C# – Castle Windsor ApiController Factory implementation for ASP.NET Web API

Thanks to Critiano's post and some searching on-line I managed to get it to work here's the code for anyone else having this issue. I've fgot it working with MVC3 and ASP.NET Web Api Beta but I think the same solution should work for MVC4.

Firstly I created a WindsorHttpControllerFactory as the ApiControllers use a different factory than the MVC ones.

public class WindsorHttpControllerFactory : IHttpControllerFactory
{
    private readonly IKernel kernel;
    private readonly HttpConfiguration configuration;

    public WindsorHttpControllerFactory(IKernel kernel, HttpConfiguration configuration)
    {
        this.kernel = kernel;
        this.configuration = configuration;
    }

    public IHttpController CreateController(HttpControllerContext controllerContext, string controllerName)
    {
        if (controllerName == null)
        {
            throw new HttpException(404, string.Format("The controller for path '{0}' could not be found.", controllerContext.Request.RequestUri.AbsolutePath));
        }

        var controller = kernel.Resolve<IHttpController>(controllerName);
        controllerContext.Controller = controller;
        controllerContext.ControllerDescriptor = new HttpControllerDescriptor(configuration, controllerName, controller.GetType());

        return controllerContext.Controller;
    }

    public void ReleaseController(IHttpController controller)
    {
        kernel.ReleaseComponent(controller);
    }
}

The tricky part was registration it seems to involved registering a whole bunch of other stuff. This is what I ended up with.

container.Register(Component.For<IHttpControllerFactory>().ImplementedBy<WindsorHttpControllerFactory>().LifeStyle.Singleton);
container.Register(Component.For<System.Web.Http.Common.ILogger>().ImplementedBy<MyLogger>().LifeStyle.Singleton);
container.Register(Component.For<IFormatterSelector>().ImplementedBy<FormatterSelector>().LifeStyle.Singleton);
container.Register(Component.For<IHttpControllerActivator>().ImplementedBy<DefaultHttpControllerActivator>().LifeStyle.Transient);
container.Register(Component.For<IHttpActionSelector>().ImplementedBy<ApiControllerActionSelector>().LifeStyle.Transient);
container.Register(Component.For<IActionValueBinder>().ImplementedBy<DefaultActionValueBinder>().LifeStyle.Transient);
container.Register(Component.For<IHttpActionInvoker>().ImplementedBy<ApiControllerActionInvoker>().LifeStyle.Transient);
container.Register(Component.For<System.Web.Http.Metadata.ModelMetadataProvider>().ImplementedBy<System.Web.Http.Metadata.Providers.CachedDataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider>().LifeStyle.Transient);
container.Register(Component.For<HttpConfiguration>().Instance(configuration));

//Register all api controllers
container.Register(AllTypes.FromAssembly(assemblyToRegister)
                            .BasedOn<IHttpController>()
                            .Configure(registration => registration.Named(registration.ServiceType.Name.ToLower().Replace("controller", "")).LifeStyle.Transient));

//Register WindsorHttpControllerFactory with Service resolver
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.ServiceResolver.SetService(typeof(IHttpControllerFactory), container.Resolve<IHttpControllerFactory>());

I had to create my own implementation of an ILogger you could use a stub version like bellow.

public class MyLogger : System.Web.Http.Common.ILogger
{
    public void LogException(string category, TraceLevel level, Exception exception)
    {
        // Do some logging here eg. you could use log4net
    }

    public void Log(string category, TraceLevel level, Func<string> messageCallback)
    {
        // Do some logging here eg. you could use log4net
    }
}

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C# – Castle Windsor ApiController Factory implementation for ASP.NET Web API

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