Download and zip a whole folder from Amazon S3

Grabs every file in a chosen Amazon S3 folder and packages them into one downloadable zip file.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each file in the folder.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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A stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA personResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
General Automation
Connects
Amazon S3

The problem it solves

Downloading a large batch of files from cloud storage one at a time is slow and easy to mess up, especially when you need to share or archive the whole set. Doing it by hand also means you're the bottleneck every time someone needs those files bundled up.

Who it fits

Anyone who regularly needs to bundle and download a folder of files stored in the cloud.

How it works

  1. You start the automation for a chosen storage folder
  2. It downloads every file in that folder
  3. The files are compressed into a single zip file
  4. You receive the zip file, ready to download or share
What you get

Folders ready to hand off without manual downloading

You get an entire folder of files from your cloud storage bundled into one zip file, ready to download or share.

What you get

A single zip file containing every file from the chosen Amazon S3 folder.

What you need

An Amazon S3 account with access to the relevant bucket.

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