Password Protected Zip Using Ruby on Rails

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 Implementation section.

What is rubyzip ?

• It’s a ruby gem (library) which is used to read and write zip files.
• rubyzip provide you the power of reading and writing zip files and also make password protected zip files.

Why rubyzip?

• 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 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 which 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 localhost.

You can find complete code on

https://github.com/jigarshah8055/zipper