{"categories":[{"label":"Compression","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-archiving-compression"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Generates zip archives as iterators of byte chunks, enabling streaming downloads without storing the entire archive in memory or on disk.","skillfed_tags":["streaming","zip-archive","abandoned"],"use_cases":["Stream a large collection of files as a zip download from a Flask or Django web app without buffering the entire archive.","Generate a zip archive from data that arrives as a byte stream or generator, avoiding disk writes.","Serve compressed archives on-demand in resource-constrained environments where memory is limited.","Combine filesystem files and dynamically generated content into a single streamed zip archive.","Implement partial flushing of zip data during generation to begin sending chunks to the client before all files are processed."],"what_it_does":"zipstream-new is a zip archive generator that produces output as an iterator of byte chunks rather than a single file object. This design allows you to stream large archives directly to clients (e.g., via HTTP) without materializing the entire zip in memory or on disk first. It wraps Python's standard zipfile module and supports both file-system paths and byte iterables as input, making it useful for web applications that need to serve dynamically generated archives.\n\nThe package works by yielding chunks as you iterate over the ZipFile object, which you can then send directly to a response stream. It supports optional zlib compression and allows mixing filesystem files with streamed content in a single archive. However, the project has been abandoned since 2020, with no updates or maintenance for over 2 years.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need streaming zip generation and can accept the maintenance risk. The package is stable and has no known vulnerabilities, but it is abandoned and will not receive updates. Use it only if the core streaming functionality meets your needs and you are comfortable maintaining a fork if issues arise. The GPLv3 license is a hard blocker for proprietary applications."},"id":"zipstream-new","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/zipstream-new","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/zipstream-new.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/zipstream-new/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2020-09-14","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"copyleft","name":"zipstream-new","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Zipfile generator that takes input files as well as streams"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":247456,"position":8691,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.1.8"}