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This has been a recurring question in the Community forum. I replied to those a few times so I've decided to post the answer here as an article so that's easier to find and reference.

 

The question is: if you have a ZIP file that contains other ZIP files (which may in turn contain other ZIP files, etc.), how can I extract all the ZIP files, recursively, using NiFi?

 

One way to do that is to implement the following data flow:

 

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The RouteOnAttribute processor checks the file name and if it's a ZIP file it sends it for unpacking. Otherwise sends the non-zip file downstream.

 

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You can find the flow definition attached below.

 

HTH,

André

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@araujo It would be awesome if you could also link a flow definition file.... 

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Good idea, @steven-matison .

I've attached the flow above.

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