Compress a file in Node.js without extra dependencies.
const zlib = require('zlib');
const fs = require('fs');
/**
*
* @param filePath the absolute path to the will to zip
* @return {Promise<string>} the full absolute path to the zip file
*/
function zip(filePath) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const zipFilePath = `${filePath}.zip`;
pipeline(
fs.createReadStream(filePath),
zlib.createGzip(),
fs.createWriteStream(zipFilePath),
(err) => {
if (err) {
reject(err);
} else {
resolve(zipFilePath);
}
},
);
});
}
