How to write data and zip the file using ionic.Zip in asp.net & C#.

  private string WriteResponseInZip()
        {

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DataSet ResultDataSet= new DataSet(); DataTable customers = myDataset.Tables.Add("Customers"); customers.Columns.Add("Name"); customers.Columns.Add("Age"); customers.Rows.Add("Chris", "25");

            //Prefixing the filename for download data.

            var fileName = "TestFile" + "_" + Guid.NewGuid();
            var srcDirectory = "C:\Test apps\test\final\" + fileName + "\\";
            var destinDirectory = "C:\Test apps\test\final1";
            var srcFile = srcDirectory + fileName + ".txt";  // Put the source file name
            var desFile = destinDirectory + fileName + ".zip";// to contanin destination file path

            //creating a source directory to store the file.
            Directory.CreateDirectory(srcDirectory);

            //Writing response to src txt file
            File.WriteAllText(srcFile, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(ResultDataSet, Formatting.None)); put data in any dataset and pass here ex. ResultDataset

            //Creating Password protected zip file
            using (var zip = new ZipFile())
            {
                zip.AddFile(srcFile, ".");// "." is passed to provide the compressed file at root level.
                zip.Save(desFile);
            }

            //Zompressing the src directory
            //ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(srcDirectory, desFile);

            //Deleteing Source file/directory as zip file is created
            Directory.Delete(srcDirectory, true);
            return fileName;
        }




1). For performing the above operation. first download the ionic.zip file from Nuget Package mangaer in Solution Explorer. 
and done the above operation , you will get zip folder download with content.