Extract Zip

RE: Extract Zip

Appian AppMarket — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:00:00 GMT

v1.4.2 Release Notes

Updated content access methods to their latest versions.
Updated libraries.

RE: Extract Zip

maricad0001 — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:35:59 GMT

Hi,
can you indicate the maximum file size limit with which it is allowed to extract files from a zip file?

RE: Extract Zip

Appian AppMarket — Wed, 29 May 2024 22:00:00 GMT

v1.4.1 Release Notes

Security patch updated

RE: Extract Zip

abhayg1176 — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:03:14 GMT

Hi Author,

we are using this plug in to extract the 7zip files but getting below error :

[???zipDocument.invalidextension???]

Any help would be appreciated.

RE: Extract Zip

akshaya0002 — Fri, 06 May 2022 19:59:24 GMT

Will this work for compressed login log files like these?

RE: Extract Zip

davidl0016 — Tue, 03 May 2022 09:16:27 GMT

Hello,

We've also encountered the following issue with the version 1.3.9 :

When the zip contains, at the same level, identical filenames with different extensions the smart service extracts only one item and continues without error and without any document in the output variables.

Regards

RE: Extract Zip

John Camacho — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 23:25:45 GMT

Hi,

We are having issues with extracting .xlsx from the zip files since the update to version 1.4.0. The extractor fails if the zip has .xls and xlsx files in it.

Sinerely,

John

RE: Extract Zip

Appian AppMarket — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 20:54:58 GMT

Release Notes - v1.4.0

Security updates

RE: Extract Zip

neelimaj2706 — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 13:47:53 GMT

Hi,

We are using this plugin to extract .zip file and it is working fine in DEV, SIT and UAT but in PROD - though it is executed without error, the file is not getting extracted. Is there any way we can fix this? Please suggest.

Please note, for the first time we ran this PROD, it extracted but from the second time it is giving the document variable as blank.

Thanks

RE: Extract Zip

rachelz290 — Thu, 16 May 2019 17:25:30 GMT

What is the largest zip file that this plugin can extract? I am attempting to extract a zip that is 115MB, and only ~2.5MB of data is extracted (~1/5 of the files within the zip folder).

RE: Extract Zip

erickp — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 18:39:53 GMT

We are trying to unzip an Appian application zip file that contains documents (images in particular). We noticed that the smart service is failing with the following error:

org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke com.appiancorp.suiteapi.content.exceptions.InsufficientNameUniquenessException: Name is insufficiently unique

We investigated and found that Appian creates subfolders for the images with the same name as the image (Folder and file have the name as the image UUID). After deleting the folders in the zip file, the plugin worked perfectly fine. Is it possible for this to be fixed?

RE: Extract Zip

Tom Ryan — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 22:19:16 GMT

To answer the previous questions:

1. 7Zip is a separate file format. The plugin supports files of type ".zip" and ".7z". See https://www.7-zip.org/

2. "Temporary files saved on disk" refers to temporary files created during the extraction process, not the final Appian document created by the smart service. To go into more detail, the original implementation of the plugin would create temporary copies of files under /tmp which would persist until the application server was restarted which could lead to overutilization of disk in some scenarios. In the latest version of the plugin, only these temporary files are removed as soon as they are no longer required.

3. The Compatible Versions list is only updated when the plugin is updated, but there is no reason to expect that the plugin will not work with the latest versions of Appian. The best approach is to test the plugin in your intended version to ensure it works as expected.

Regarding the previous question concerning file/folder/group permissions on the documents, I would suggest reviewing the security configurations on the documents themselves as well as the parent folder and associated groups, as was mentioned. This error could also be caused by out of date group membership caching. However, it sounds more like a security configuration issue than an issue with the plugin itself. If this issue persists, I would recommend creating a ticket with Appian Support for in-depth troubleshooting assistance.

RE: Extract Zip

judym598 — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:28:57 GMT

Meant to add this....Is this plugin compatible with Version 18.3...18.4? The information provided indicates 17.4 is the last compatible version and another user indicated he had issues when upgrading to 18.2. Please advise.

RE: Extract Zip

judym598 — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:27:54 GMT

What does 'Supports 7Zip files' mean? Does it mean you can have a zip file that contains up to 7 zip files? Also - when you say Temporary files saved on disk will be removed as soon as they are no longer required...how does that work? I was thinking of using this plugin to unzip files from a zip file retrieved daily and stored in a folder. The individual files would then be extracted to another folder and used for daily processing. Does this mean the 'zip' file is removed?

RE: Extract Zip

edmund.loh — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 08:24:07 GMT

We have been encountering an issue when using this plugin ever since upgrading to 18.2.

For all files placed into Appian via this plugin, all basic users in our application have been unable download the file through the a!documentDownloadLink() function. A screen with the following message is displayed:

{"error":"APNX-1-0000-000","message":"User Does Not Have Rights to Perform this Operation","title":"An Error Has Occurred"}

Administrators are able to download the file with no issues.

The parent folder where the extracted file resides has a security group with Administrator level access. The basic users downloading the file have been placed inside the group so it is odd that they would see an error message related to access rights.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.