This blog will guide you on how to create a Ruby on Rails application and add rubyzip which used to make zip files with Password Protection.
Let’s have a brief introduction about Password Protection using rubyzip. If you are familiar with rubyzip and Password Protection, then directly go to the Implementation section.
What is Rubyzip?
- It’s a ruby gem (library) that is used to read and write zip files.
- rubyzip provides you with the power of reading and writing zip files and also makes password-protected zip files.
Why Rubyzip?
- Complete password protected reading and writing of zip files
- rubyzip provides traditional password protection.
Requirements
- Ruby 1.9.2 or greater
Technology Stack
- Technology: Ruby on Rails
- Versions: ruby 2.5.1p57 & rails 5.2.4
- Git Repository: https://github.com/jigarshah8055/zipper
Implementation
- Create a new rails app
$ rails new zipper --database=postgresql
- Now put below gem in the `Gemfile` as
gem 'rubyzip', '>= 1.0.0'
Don’t forget to bundle 😉
- Generate a controller with the `create` and `new` method
rails g controller zipping_folders new
- Simply set the root path to zipping_folders new method and make resource path for only create method in routes.rb
resources :zipping_folders, only: [:create]root ‘zipping_folders#new’
- Now make a form in new.html.erb with one file tag to choose files and two input fields that define zip file name and password respectively.
- You have to write below code in zipping_folders_controller.rb.
Bingooo!!! That’s it..!!!
- Start your rails server and check it on the localhost.
You can find complete codebase here.
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