How to create a zip archive of a directory in Python?

Question

How can I create a zip archive of a directory structure in Python?

Answer 1

Use shutil, which is part of python standard library set. Using shutil is so simple(see code below):

• 1st arg: Filename of resultant zip/tar file,
• 2nd arg: zip/tar,
• 3rd arg: dir_name

Code:

import shutil
shutil.make_archive('/home/user/Desktop/Filename','zip','/home/username/Desktop/Directory')