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url: /process-functions/datasource-zip.md
description: Zips one or more files into a single zip file from the MODLR filesystem.
---

# datasource.zip

Zips one or more files into a single zip file from the MODLR filesystem.

```js
datasource.zip(filename, output_filename)
```

or

```js
datasource.zip(filenames, output_filename)
```

#### Parameters

* `filename` (string): The name of the file you want to zip. *(for the single file version)*
* `filenames` (array): An array of file names you want to zip together. *(for the multi-file version)*
* `output_filename` (string): The name of the output zip file where the zipped files should be saved.

#### Returns

* `boolean`: A boolean value indicating whether the zip operation succeeded (`true`) or failed (`false`).

#### Examples

```js
var result = datasource.zip("myfile.txt", "output.zip");
if (result) {
    console.log("File zipped successfully.");
} else {
    console.log("File zipping failed.");
}
```

```js
var result = datasource.zip(["file1.txt", "file2.txt"], "output.zip");
if (result) {
    console.log("Files zipped successfully.");
} else {
    console.log("Files zipping failed.");
}
```