how to zip archive a folder (quick and easy) with python

Learn how to ZIP a folder, with python.

In this bite-sized tutorial, we will create a zip archive of a folder using python.
We will use pathlib to crawl the folder, then we'll use zipfile to compress the local folder.
All this in about 25/30 lines of code.

0:00 let's learn how to archive a folder using python
0:23 crawling the path with pathlib
1:40 archiving the folder with zipfile
4:44 trying it out
5:33 closing

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[OnCod-dn]

can you create the zip file with only the files without the directory tree?

[coozyface]

Hey, great tutorial. Wondering why views are so low :/ Good luck you in the future :D

[peterkim]

How to protect the zip file with a password