How do i zip files in python without all directories written to it

Question

Im trying to zip multible files but i have run into a strange problem when i opened the zip file all directories leading to the files are listed as well home/site/Uploads/

Answer 1

Lets assume the following directory structure:

./uploads
└── foo
    └── bar
        ├── 1.txt
        └── baz
            └── 2.txt

You just need to set the arcname correct:

import os
import zipfile

zf = zipfile.ZipFile("myzipfile.zip", "w")
for dirname, subdirs, files in os.walk("/tmp/uploads"):
    for filename in files:
        zf.write(os.path.join(dirname, filename), arcname=filename)
zf.close()

Unzip shows the zip file like this:

unzip -l myzipfile.zip                                                                                                                    Archive:  myzipfile.zip
  Length      Date    Time    Name
---------  ---------- -----   ----
        0  10-21-2019 15:03   1.txt
        0  10-21-2019 15:03   2.txt
---------                     -------
        0                     2 files