Compress Files into ZIP using Python

This function is used to compress all files in a specified folder into a ZIP file.

Technology Stack : os, zipfile

Code Type : File operation

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_file(input_folder, output_zipfile):
    import os
    import zipfile

    with zipfile.ZipFile(output_zipfile, 'w') as zipf:
        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(input_folder):
            for file in files:
                file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
                zipf.write(file_path, os.path.relpath(file_path, input_folder))
    return output_zipfile