How to create a zip archive of a directory in Python

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How can I create a zip archive of a directory structure in Python?
May 11, 2020 in Python by kartik
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Hello @kartik,

The easiest way is to use shutil.make_archive. It supports both zip and tar formats.

import shutil
shutil.make_archive(output_filename, 'zip', dir_name)

If you need to do something more complicated than zipping the whole directory, then you'll need to dig into the zipfile module as others have suggested.

Thank You!!

answered May 11, 2020 by Niroj
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