# parseapi.info ZIP Archive Parser

> parseapi.info ZIP Archive Parser is a paid API for AI agents from parseapi.info, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-16).

Recursively parses a ZIP archive into a structured file inventory listing all contained files and their extracted structures

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://parseapi.info/parse/archive?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.004/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/parseapi-info-zip-archive-parser-24eb5a78
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_hmEVF5O7hcyNiL9-FRUIx

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability parseapi-info-zip-archive-parser-24eb5a78 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you parse this ZIP archive I uploaded and give me a full recursive inventory of every file and folder inside it, along with their extracted structures?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to recursively inspect the full contents of a ZIP archive, especially when the archive may contain nested folders or multiple file types and you need a structured inventory. Prefer this over generic file parsers when the input is specifically a compressed ZIP container rather than a single document. It pairs naturally with the sibling document parser if you need to further process individual files extracted from the archive.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or corrupted ZIP file returns a parse error
- Non-ZIP archive format (e.g. RAR, 7z, tar.gz) may not be supported
- Excessively large archives may time out or hit size limits
- Password-protected ZIP files cannot be parsed without the passphrase
- Malformed request body or incorrect bodyType enum causes 400 error
- Network timeout for very large archives with many nested files

## How this service works

Recursively parse a ZIP archive into a file inventory and structures

## Output

Returns a recursive file inventory of the ZIP archive including all nested files and folders, along with parsed structures extracted from each contained file — covering file names, paths, and any structured content extracted from recognized file types within the archive.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/parseapi-info-zip-archive-parser-24eb5a78/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from parseapi.info](https://www.zero.xyz/host/parseapi.info/llms.txt)