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title: Archive
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|   | With the Archive app in Make, you can create an archive, extract files from an archive, compress files, and decompress files. |
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:::hint{type="info"}
You do not need to establish a connection to use the Archive app.
:::

# Archive modules

You can use the following modules to build your scenarios.

## Actions

### Extract an archive

Extracts files from a ZIP archive.

| **Field**       | **Description**                                                                                              |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Source file** | Select the file you want to extract. It can be retrieved from a previous module (e.g. Dropbox, email, etc.). |

![Extract an archive from a previous module](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/oAyFj2GHlBeBVWF5OAir2/heuDoFPuY-XaAxTDy9Kkr_uuid-75f5e4b1-a450-3ee8-85cc-2666900c94d6.gif)

## Aggregators

### Create an archive

Creates a ZIP or TAR archive from received files.

| **Field**         | **Description**                                                         |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Source module** | Select the module you want to retrieve the files from.                  |
| **Type**          | Select whether you want to add files to a ZIP archive or a TAR archive. |
| **Archive name**  | Enter a name for the created archive. Do not add an extension.          |
| **Source file**   | Map the source file or select the radiobutton with the file source.     |

## Transformers

### Deflate

Compress binary data with a deflate algorithm.

| **Field** | **Description**                                                 |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Data**  | Enter the data you want to compress using the deflate function. |

### Gunzip

Decompress a gunzip binary data file.

| **Field** | **Description**                        |
| --------- | -------------------------------------- |
| **Data**  | Enter the data you want to decompress. |

### Gzip

Compress a binary data file using gzip.

| **Field** | **Description**                                 |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| **Data**  | Enter the data you want to compress using gzip. |

### Inflate

Compress binary data with an inflate algorithm.

| **Field** | **Description**                                                   |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Data**  | Enter the data you want to decompress using the inflate function. |