# ZIP

Frends offers seamless integration with [ZIP format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP), enabling you to effortlessly connect and automate data flows using ZIP format.

Frends has tasks for performing all core ZIP operations.

By leveraging Frends' task-based approach, you can configure and customize ZIP integrations according to your specific requirements. Frends offers a wide range of tasks that facilitate integrations to a variety of systems and protocols.

## Use cases

Below you will find typical use cases for ZIP file integrations and how they are implemented in Frends.

### Nightly backups

By using the schedule trigger and the [`CreateArchive`](https://docs.frends.com/tasks/tasks/zip/createarchive) task we can create an integration that creates nightly backups of a certain directlory.

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### Extract files

By using the [`ExtractArchive`](https://docs.frends.com/tasks/tasks/zip/extractarchive) task we can create an integration that downloads a file over HTTP and extracts its contents to a specified directory.

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