zipstreamer.py

import zipfile
import sys


class StreamFile(object):
    def __init__(self, fileobj):
        self.fileobj = fileobj
        self.pos = 0

    def write(self, str):
        self.fileobj.write(str)
        self.pos += len(str)

    def tell(self):
        return self.pos

    def flush(self):
        self.fileobj.flush()


# Wrap a stream so ZipFile can use it
out = StreamFile(sys.stdout)
z = zipfile.ZipFile(out, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_STORED)

z.writestr("hello1.txt", "this is hello1 contents\n")
z.writestr("hello2.txt", "this is hello2 contents\n")
z.writestr("hello3.txt", "this is hello3 contents\n")
z.writestr("hello4.txt", "this is hello4 contents\n")

z.close()