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Zip export for Plone

Project description

Overview

ftw.zipexport provides a generic solution to export data from plone in a zip archive.

A user can export data with the “Export as Zip” action in document listings.

Install

Compatibility

For zipping files with a total size of over 4Gb python 2.7.4 is required.

Step-by-Step

  • Add ftw.zipexport to your buildout configuration

[instance]
eggs =
    ftw.zipexport
  • Run buildout

  • Install ftw.zipexport in portal_setup

Implementation

In a first step we have to collect all data to zip. Use the IZipRepresentation interface for this task.

The get_files function returns a list of tuples. The tuples consist of two values. First a relative path under which the file should show up in the zip. Second the data as eather a file or a stream.

class IZipRepresentation(Interface):

    def get_files(path_prefix='', recursive=True, toplevel=True):

By default we support basic data-types like folder and files. More complex data-types require an own adapter for IZipRepresentation.

Feel free to extend one of the predefined adapters: Predefined representations

The data generated by our IZipRepresentation then gets delivered to the ZipGeneration helper class.

class ZipGenerator(object):
        def add_file(file_path, file_pointer):
                Zipps the file and adds it to the archive.
                If large or many files are selected this function might take some time to execute.

        def generate():
                returns a temp file holding the generated zip

Here is the sample code of the described steps:

from zope.component import getMultiAdapter
from ftw.zipexport.generation import ZipGenerator
from ftw.zipexport.interfaces import IZipRepresentation

ziprepresentation = getMultiAdapter((self.folder, self.request), interface=IZipRepresentation)
with ZipGenerator() as zipgenerator:
        for file_path, file_pointer in ziprepresentation.get_files():
                zipgenerator.add_file(file_path, file_pointer)
        generated_zip_pointer = zipgenerator.generate()

The download is handled in a standard BrowserView which plainly reads from the temp file. For details check out the code: zipexportview.py.

Current supported data-types

  • IFolderish

  • IFileContent

  • IDexterityItem with IPrimaryFieldInfo

Nice to have

  • Multithreading

Changelog

1.1.0 (2013-10-14)

  • Added export limitation. [lknoepfel]

  • Fix encoding problem with nested folders containing umlauts in the title. [jone]

1.0.0 (2013-09-13)

  • Initial Development

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