Adding file to existing zipfile

Question

I\'m using python\'s zipfile module.
Having a zip file located in a path of:
/home/user/a/b/c/test.zip
And having another file created unde

Answer 1

import zipfile

# Open a zip file at the given filepath. If it doesn't exist, create one.
# If the directory does not exist, it fails with FileNotFoundError
filepath = '/home/user/a/b/c/test.zip'
with zipfile.ZipFile(filepath, 'a') as zipf:
    # Add a file located at the source_path to the destination within the zip
    # file. It will overwrite existing files if the names collide, but it
    # will give a warning
    source_path = '/home/user/a/b/c/1.txt'
    destination = 'foobar.txt'
    zipf.write(source_path, destination)