The /file/decompress Robot

We can both archive and extract entire media libraries.
The /file/decompress
Robot extracts entire archives of files to be consumed by other Robots or exported as individual files.
Parameters
Name | Type | Default | Description |
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use
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(required) String / Array of Strings | GeneralSpecifies which Step(s) to use as the input to this Robot.Special Step namesA special Step name is":original" , which provides user uploads handled by Transloadit.
Providing several Steps as inputYou can add arrays touse several Steps:
Step bundlingSome Robots can gather several Step results for a single invocation. For example, the /file/compress Robot would normally create one Zip file for each file passed to it. If you'd setbundle_steps to true,
however, it will create one archive containing all the result files from
all Steps you give it. To enable bundling, provide an object
like the one below to the use parameter:
This is a crucial parameter
for the /video/adaptive Robot,
otherwise you'll generate 1 playlist for each viewing quality. Keep in mind that all input Steps must be present in your Template. If one of them is missing, no result is generated because the Robot waits indefinitely for all input Steps to be finished. Group by originalSticking with the /file/compress Robot example, you can setgroup_by_original to true , in order to create a separate Zip file
for each of your uploaded or imported files, instead of
creating one archive containing all originals (or one per resulting file). This is a crucial parameter
for the /media/playlist Robot.
DemoSee a demo for theuse parameter
here.
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ignore_errors
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Array | []
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A possible array member is only "meta" .
There might be an error coming up when trying to extract meta data from the files inside your archive. This happens for files that are zero bytes big for example. Setting this to true will cause the Robot to not stop the file decompression (and the entire Assembly) when that happens.
To keep backwards compatibility, setting this parameter to true will set it to ["meta"] internally.
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Demos
Our /file/decompress Robot can be used in combination with other Robots, to create powerful workflows unique to your use case. Here are a few example scenarios that you can try live on our website:
- Extract all images from an archive and resize them
- Automatically extract all files from an archive
- Automatically decompress uploaded archives
Blog posts about the /file/decompress Robot
We wrote the following posts about the /file/decompress Robot on our blog:
- Kicking Transloadit Into Gear for the New Year February 1, 2015
- Two New Robots and More Features March 30, 2012
Did you know?
You can easily combine Robots to create powerful workflows, unique to your business.
This is the power of Transloadit.