Convert File To Zip In Python

Last updated June 12, 2023 by Jarvis Silva

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a python program to convert any file or folder to zip in python, to create this program we will use ZipFile and Shutil Library they are both pre-installed with python so you don’t need to install anything so let’s start

Python Code To Convert File To Zip In Python

from zipfile import ZipFile

zip_file = ZipFile('sample.zip', 'w')
zip_file.write('text.txt')
zip_file.close()

Python Code To Convert A Folder To Zip In Python

from shutil import make_archive

make_archive('OutputZipFileName', 'zip', 'enter full path of the folder here')

Above are the python programs to convert file and folder to zip in python, after running this programs you will see a zip file is created in your folder which if you open you will see your files or folders.

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