Compress and Zip a File

This function compresses a file at the specified path into a zip format and saves it to the specified output path.

Technology Stack : os, zipfile

Code Type : File compression

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_file(file_path, output_path):
    import os
    import zipfile

    with zipfile.ZipFile(output_path, 'w') as zipf:
        zipf.write(file_path, os.path.basename(file_path))
    return True