Pair and Compress Files into Zip in Output Folder

This function pairs files from two lists and compresses the paired files into zip files. It then moves the zip files to the specified output folder.

Technology Stack : os, zipfile, shutil

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zipfiles(file_list1, file_list2, output_folder):
    import os
    import zipfile
    import shutil
    
    if not os.path.exists(output_folder):
        os.makedirs(output_folder)
    
    for file1, file2 in zip(file_list1, file_list2):
        zip_filename = f"{os.path.splitext(file1)[0]}_{os.path.splitext(file2)[0]}.zip"
        zip_path = os.path.join(output_folder, zip_filename)
        with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path, 'w') as zipf:
            zipf.write(file1, arcname=os.path.basename(file1))
            zipf.write(file2, arcname=os.path.basename(file2))
            
        shutil.move(zip_path, os.path.join(output_folder, zip_filename))