[Zip to temporary file] Make a temporary zip file and write to it #python #file_operations

temp-zip-file.py

import tempfile
import zipfile

# make archive.zip in temp directory
tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
zip_fn = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'archive.zip')
zip_obj = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_fn, 'w')

for f in files:
    zip_obj.write(f, os.path.basename(f)) # add file to archive, second argument is the structure to be represented in zip archive, i.e. this just makes flat strucutre
    
zip_obj.close()