Zip a Directory and not Have the Result Saved in File System - go

Question

I am able to zip a file using logic similar to the zip writer seen here.
This results in an array of bytes ([]byte) being created within the bytes.Buffer object that is returned. I would just like to know if there is there any way I can upload this 'zipped' array of bytes to an API endpoint that expects a 'multipart/form-data' request body (without having to save it locally).
Supplementary information:
I have code that utilizes this when compressing a folder. I am able to successfully execute an HTTP POST request with the zip file to the endpoint with this logic.
However, this unfortunately saves zipped files in a user's local file system. I would like to try to avoid this :)

Answer 1

You can create multipart writer and write []byte zipped data into field with field name you like and file name like below.
func addZipFileToReq(zipped []byte) (*http.Request, error){
body := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
writer := multipart.NewWriter(body)
part, err := writer.CreateFormFile(`fileField`, `filename`)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
_, err = part.Write(zipped)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
err = writer.Close()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "https://example.com", body)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
r.Header.Set("Content-Type", writer.FormDataContentType())
return r, nil
}

Answer 2

If you want to stream-upload the zip, you should be able to do so with io.Pipe. The following is an incomplete and untested example to demonstrate the general idea. To make it work you'll need to modify it and potentially fix whatever bugs you encounter.
func UploadReader(r io.Reader) error {
req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "<UPLOAD_URL>", r)
if err != nil {
return err
}
// TODO set necessary headers (content type, auth, etc)
res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
return err
} else if res.StatusCode != 200 {
return errors.New("not ok")
}
return nil
}
func ZipDir(dir string, w io.Writer) error {
zw := zip.NewWriter(w)
defer zw.Close()
return filepath.Walk(dir, func(path string, fi os.FileInfo, err error) error {
if err != nil {
return err
}
if !fi.Mode().IsRegular() {
return nil
}
header, err := zip.FileInfoHeader(fi)
if err != nil {
return err
}
header.Name = path
header.Method = zip.Deflate
w, err := zw.CreateHeader(header)
if err != nil {
return err
}
f, err := os.Open(path)
if err != nil {
return err
}
defer f.Close()
if _, err := io.Copy(w, f); err != nil {
return err
}
return nil
})
}
func UploadDir(dir string) error {
r, w := io.Pipe()
ch := make(chan error)
wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
wg.Add(1)
go func() {
defer wg.Done()
defer w.Close()
if err := ZipDir(dir, w); err != nil {
ch <- err
}
}()
wg.Add(1)
go func() {
defer wg.Done()
defer r.Close()
if err := UploadReader(r); err != nil {
ch <- err
}
}()
go func() {
wg.Wait()
close(ch)
}()
return <-ch
}