The premise is that I want to return a zip file from foxx endpoint. The endpoint would:
-Take a string and put it inside a file
-Return the zip from the response
After some research, it seems not possible due to various reason. I want to make sure my understanding is correct and whether there is an workable solutions:
Approach 1: Using amd-zip module from npm
- There is an error return from performing an simple zip with a string which is
zlib.deflateSync() is undefined. I think it is due to V8 context and nodejs are not the the same.
Approach 2 : Using Jszip-sync: More browser based library.
- This one will run without an error, but it always return empty result. Testing suggest the sync wrapper does not seemed to work in foxx environment
Approach 3: Using zip function from arango built-in file
- But as the official document stated, this seems like an extremely bad idea (write file to system, zip it, read back and return inside foxx handler)