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Jeremias Meister - Tools & Pipeline

Action File System

Compress Files

Compresses files and directories into an archive. Supports ZIP and TAR.GZ formats.

Node IDCompressFilesAction

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
Source Paths sourcePaths array_string Yes — List of file or directory paths to compress. Can include multiple files and folders.
Output Archive Path outputPath file_picker Yes — The full path to the output archive file (e.g., "output.zip" or "output.tar.gz").
Archive Format format enum
  • zip
  • tar.gz
Yes zip The compression format to use.
Compression Level compressionLevel integer min 0 , max 9 No 6 Compression level (0=none, 9=maximum). Higher levels are slower but produce smaller files.
Overwrite Existing overwrite boolean No false If true, overwrites an existing archive at the output path.

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
Execute input0 object Yes Triggers the compression operation.

Outputs

OutputTypeIdentifierDescription
On Success output0 object archive_path Fires on success and contains the output archive path and file count.