try fflate

content.js

@@ -267,21 +267,66 @@ async function getArchiveViewerHtmlSource() {
   return response.text()
 }
 
-// Bundle the viewer's JSZip runtime so the exported archive can be browsed offline.
-async function getArchiveViewerJsZipSource() {
-  const candidates = [
-    "lib/jszip.min.js"
-  ]
+// Bundle the viewer's fflate runtime so the exported archive can be browsed offline.
+async function getArchiveViewerFflateSource() {
+  const response = await fetch(chrome.runtime.getURL("lib/fflate.min.js"))
 
-  for (const candidate of candidates) {
-    const response = await fetch(chrome.runtime.getURL(candidate))
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error("Failed to load archive viewer dependency")
+  }
 
-    if (response.ok) {
   return response.text()
 }
+
+function getFflate() {
+  if (typeof fflate === "undefined") {
+    throw new Error("fflate is not available")
   }
 
-  throw new Error("Failed to load archive viewer dependency")
+  return fflate
+}
+
+async function createZipBlob(entries, onProgress = () => { }) {
+  const { strToU8, zip } = getFflate()
+  const archiveEntries = {}
+  let processedEntries = 0
+
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    if (entry.data instanceof Blob) {
+      archiveEntries[entry.path] = new Uint8Array(await entry.data.arrayBuffer())
+    } else if (entry.data instanceof Uint8Array) {
+      archiveEntries[entry.path] = entry.data
+    } else {
+      archiveEntries[entry.path] = strToU8(String(entry.data ?? ""))
+    }
+
+    entry.data = null
+    processedEntries += 1
+    onProgress({
+      phase: "preparing",
+      processedEntries,
+      totalEntries: entries.length
+    })
+  }
+
+  onProgress({
+    phase: "generating",
+    processedEntries,
+    totalEntries: entries.length
+  })
+
+  const archiveBytes = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    zip(archiveEntries, { level: 0, consume: true }, (error, data) => {
+      if (error != null) {
+        reject(error)
+        return
+      }
+
+      resolve(data)
+    })
+  })
+
+  return new Blob([archiveBytes], { type: "application/zip" })
 }
 
 function downloadBlob(blob, fileName) {
@@ -470,7 +515,7 @@ function rip(event) {
 
       console.log("Preparing zip archive...")
       progressDialog.setStatus("Preparing zip archive...")
-      const zip = new JSZip()
+      const archiveEntries = []
       const successfulApplicants = []
 
       applicantDetailsResults.forEach((result) => {
@@ -479,30 +524,53 @@ function rip(event) {
         }
 
         const applicantDetails = result.value
-        const dirName = getApplicantDirectoryName(applicantDetails)
-        const applicantDir = zip.folder(`${APPLICATIONS_DIRECTORY}/${dirName}`)
         const archiveFiles = getApplicantArchiveFiles(applicantDetails)
 
         successfulApplicants.push(applicantDetails)
 
         archiveFiles.forEach((archiveFile, index) => {
           const afile = applicantDetails.application_files[index]
-          applicantDir.file(archiveFile.fileName, afile.blob)
+          archiveEntries.push({
+            path: archiveFile.relativePath,
+            data: afile.blob
           })
         })
+      })
+
+      const [viewerHtmlSource, viewerFflateSource] = await Promise.all([
+        getArchiveViewerHtmlSource(),
+        getArchiveViewerFflateSource()
+      ])
 
       console.log("Creating applicants.csv")
-      zip.file("applicants.csv", createApplicantsCsv(successfulApplicants))
+      archiveEntries.push({
+        path: "applicants.csv",
+        data: createApplicantsCsv(successfulApplicants)
+      })
 
       console.log("Creating index.html")
-      zip.file("viewer.html", await getArchiveViewerHtmlSource())
+      archiveEntries.push({
+        path: "viewer.html",
+        data: viewerHtmlSource
+      })
 
       console.log("Adding viewer Javascript to archive")
-      zip.file("jszip.min.js", await getArchiveViewerJsZipSource())
-
+      archiveEntries.push({
+        path: "fflate.min.js",
+        data: viewerFflateSource
+      })
 
       console.log("Generating zip archive...")
-      const zipBlob = await zip.generateAsync({ type: "blob" })
+      const zipBlob = await createZipBlob(archiveEntries, ({ phase, processedEntries, totalEntries }) => {
+        if (phase === "preparing") {
+          if (processedEntries === totalEntries || processedEntries === 1 || processedEntries % 10 === 0) {
+            progressDialog.setStatus(`Preparing zip archive (${processedEntries}/${totalEntries})...`)
+          }
+          return
+        }
+
+        progressDialog.setStatus("Generating zip archive in background... Firefox should stay responsive.")
+      })
 
       console.log("Zip archive is ready.")
       progressDialog.setStatus("Download ready.")

manifest.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "https://personal.uni-graz.at/*"
       ],
       "js": [
-        "lib/jszip.min.js",
+        "lib/fflate.min.js",
         "content.js"
       ],
       "css": [
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     {
       "resources": [
         "archive-viewer/index.html",
-        "lib/jszip.min.js"
+        "lib/fflate.min.js"
       ],
       "matches": [
         "https://personal.uni-graz.at/*"