Sample ZIP 5MB File
ZIP archive — mixed file contents
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Download 5MB ZIP5 MBTestFile-zip-5mb.zip
File details
| Format | ZIP |
| Extension | .zip |
| MIME type | application/zip |
| Size | 5 MB |
| Exact bytes | 5,242,880 |
| Filename | TestFile-zip-5mb.zip |
| Format version | ZIP (PKWARE Application Note) |
| Contents | 20–30 mixed files: large CSVs, JSON, TXT, binary placeholders; DEFLATE level 6; ~15–20 MB uncompressed |
| Encoding | DEFLATE compression level 6; ZIP local headers + central directory + EOCD |
What is a 5MB ZIP file useful for?
A 5 MB ZIP with 20–30 files is a realistic size for a software release archive, a dataset bundle, or a batch export from a SaaS platform. Use it to test that your archive extraction pipeline handles a moderate number of files without hitting file-descriptor limits, that CRC-32 verification is performed for each extracted file, and that extraction is done into a sandboxed temporary directory that is cleaned up after processing.
What's inside this file?
Generated by archive.py. Contains 20–30 files at varying sizes: several large CSVs (~500 KB each uncompressed), multiple JSON files, TXT documents, and binary placeholders. Total uncompressed size is approximately 15–20 MB. DEFLATE level 6 compression achieves a 3–4× ratio on text-dominant content, producing the 5 MB target.
Download via curl
curl -L "http://localhost:8000/files/zip/TestFile-zip-5mb.zip" \ -o TestFile-zip-5mb.zip
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