Python zip multiple directories into one zip file

Question

I have a top directory ds237 which has multiple sub-directories under it as below:

ds237/
├── dataset_description.json
├── derivatives
├── sub-0         


        

Answer 1

The following will give you zip file with a first folder ds100:

import os
import zipfile    

def zipit(folders, zip_filename):
    zip_file = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)

    for folder in folders:
        for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(folder):
            for filename in filenames:
                zip_file.write(
                    os.path.join(dirpath, filename),
                    os.path.relpath(os.path.join(dirpath, filename), os.path.join(folders[0], '../..')))

    zip_file.close()


folders = [
    "/Users/aba/ds100/sub-01",
    "/Users/aba/ds100/sub-02",
    "/Users/aba/ds100/sub-03",
    "/Users/aba/ds100/sub-04",
    "/Users/aba/ds100/sub-05"]

zipit(folders, "/Users/aba/ds100/sub01-05.zip")

For example sub01-05.zip would have a structure similar to:

ds100
├── sub-01
|   ├── 1
|       ├── 2
|   ├── 1
|   ├── 2
├── sub-02
    ├── 1
        ├── 2
    ├── 1
    ├── 2