archive/zip
Compressionimport "archive/zip"Provides support for reading and writing ZIP archives.
Example
package main
import (
"archive/zip"
"os"
)
func main() {
f, _ := os.Create("test.zip")
w := zip.NewWriter(f)
fw, _ := w.Create("hello.txt")
fw.Write([]byte("Hello!"))
w.Close()
}Key Types & Functions
ReaderWriterFileNewReaderNewWriterCreateAbout archive/zip
The archive/zip package (imported as archive/zip) belongs to the Compression category of Go packages. Provides support for reading and writing ZIP archives.
Go's standard library is one of the language's greatest strengths, providing production-ready implementations for networking, cryptography, encoding, I/O, and more. The archive/zip package follows Go's philosophy of simplicity and composability — small, focused packages that combine through interfaces like io.Reader and io.Writer.
When using archive/zip in production, follow Go best practices: handle errors explicitly, use context for cancellation and timeouts, prefer composition over inheritance, and write table-driven tests. The Go documentation at pkg.go.dev provides comprehensive API references and examples for every exported type and function.