Zipping and Renaming Two Files into One

This function zips two files into one and renames the original file to a zip file, deleting the other file.

Technology Stack : os, zipfile, shutil

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_file(file1, file2):
    import os
    import zipfile
    import shutil
    
    def get_zip_filename(filename):
        return filename.split('.')[0] + '.zip'
    
    zip_filename = get_zip_filename(file1)
    
    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, 'w') as zipf:
        zipf.write(file1, arcname=os.path.basename(file1))
        zipf.write(file2, arcname=os.path.basename(file2))
    
    shutil.move(zip_filename, file1)
    os.remove(file2)
    
    return zip_filename