Zip Directory with Timestamp and Move to Output Path

This function takes a directory path and an output path, it will zip the directory into a zip file, rename it with a timestamp, and then move the zip file to the specified output path.

Technology Stack : os, zipfile, datetime, shutil

Code Type : File processing

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_file(file_path, output_path):
    import os
    import zipfile
    from datetime import datetime
    from shutil import copyfile

    def create_zip(path, output):
        with zipfile.ZipFile(output, 'w') as zipf:
            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
                for file in files:
                    file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
                    zipf.write(file_path, os.path.relpath(file_path, path))
                    
    def timestamp():
        return datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")

    if not os.path.exists(file_path):
        raise FileNotFoundError(f"The directory {file_path} does not exist.")
    
    if not os.path.isdir(file_path):
        raise NotADirectoryError(f"The path {file_path} is not a directory.")

    zip_filename = f"{output_path}_{timestamp()}.zip"
    create_zip(file_path, zip_filename)
    copyfile(zip_filename, output_path)
    os.remove(zip_filename)

    return zip_filename