Compress Folder into Zip File

This function compresses all files in a specified folder into a single zip file.

Technology Stack : os, zipfile

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_file(folder_path, zip_filename):
    import os
    import zipfile

    # Create a zipfile object
    zipf = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, 'w')

    # Loop through all files and add them to the zipfile
    for foldername, subfolders, filenames in os.walk(folder_path):
        for filename in filenames:
            file_path = os.path.join(foldername, filename)
            zipf.write(file_path, os.path.relpath(file_path, folder_path))

    # Close the zipfile
    zipf.close()