zip file and avoid directory structure

The arcname parameter in the write method specifies what will be the name of the file inside the zipfile:

import os
import zipfile

# 1. Create a zip file which we will write files to
zip_file = "/home/username/test.zip"
zipf = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)

# 2. Write files found in "/home/username/files/" to the test.zip
files_to_zip = "/home/username/files/"
for file_to_zip in os.listdir(files_to_zip):

    file_to_zip_full_path = os.path.join(files_to_zip, file_to_zip)

    # arcname argument specifies what will be the name of the file inside the zipfile
    zipf.write(filename=file_to_zip_full_path, arcname=file_to_zip)

zipf.close()

zf.write(tofile)

to change

zf.write(tofile, zipfile_dir)

for example

zf.write("/root/files/result/root/files/result/new.txt", "/root/files/results/new.txt")

The zipfile.write() method takes an optional arcname argument that specifies what the name of the file should be inside the zipfile

I think you need to do a modification for the destination, otherwise it will duplicate the directory. Use :arcname to avoid it. try like this:

import os
import zipfile

def zip(src, dst):
    zf = zipfile.ZipFile("%s.zip" % (dst), "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
    abs_src = os.path.abspath(src)
    for dirname, subdirs, files in os.walk(src):
        for filename in files:
            absname = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dirname, filename))
            arcname = absname[len(abs_src) + 1:]
            print 'zipping %s as %s' % (os.path.join(dirname, filename),
                                        arcname)
            zf.write(absname, arcname)
    zf.close()

zip("src", "dst")

To illustrate most clearly,

directory structure:

/Users
 └── /user
 .    ├── /pixmaps
 .    │    ├── pixmap_00.raw
 .    │    ├── pixmap_01.raw
      │    ├── /jpeg
      │    │    ├── pixmap_00.jpg
      │    │    └── pixmap_01.jpg
      │    └── /png
      │         ├── pixmap_00.png
      │         └── pixmap_01.png
      ├── /docs
      ├── /programs
      ├── /misc
      .
      .
      .

Directory of interest: /Users/user/pixmaps

First attemp

import os
import zipfile

TARGET_DIRECTORY = "/Users/user/pixmaps"
ZIPFILE_NAME = "CompressedDir.zip"

def zip_dir(directory, zipname):
    """
    Compress a directory (ZIP file).
    """
    if os.path.exists(directory):
        outZipFile = zipfile.ZipFile(zipname, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)

        for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(directory):
            for filename in filenames:

                filepath   = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)
                outZipFile.write(filepath)

        outZipFile.close()




if __name__ == '__main__':
    zip_dir(TARGET_DIRECTORY, ZIPFILE_NAME)

ZIP file structure:

CompressedDir.zip
.
└── /Users
     └── /user
          └── /pixmaps
               ├── pixmap_00.raw
               ├── pixmap_01.raw
               ├── /jpeg
               │    ├── pixmap_00.jpg
               │    └── pixmap_01.jpg
               └── /png
                    ├── pixmap_00.png
                    └── pixmap_01.png

Avoiding the full directory path

def zip_dir(directory, zipname):
    """
    Compress a directory (ZIP file).
    """
    if os.path.exists(directory):
        outZipFile = zipfile.ZipFile(zipname, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)

        # The root directory within the ZIP file.
        rootdir = os.path.basename(directory)

        for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(directory):
            for filename in filenames:

                # Write the file named filename to the archive,
                # giving it the archive name 'arcname'.
                filepath   = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)
                parentpath = os.path.relpath(filepath, directory)
                arcname    = os.path.join(rootdir, parentpath)

                outZipFile.write(filepath, arcname)

    outZipFile.close()




if __name__ == '__main__':
    zip_dir(TARGET_DIRECTORY, ZIPFILE_NAME)

ZIP file structure:

CompressedDir.zip
.
└── /pixmaps
     ├── pixmap_00.raw
     ├── pixmap_01.raw
     ├── /jpeg
     │    ├── pixmap_00.jpg
     │    └── pixmap_01.jpg
     └── /png
          ├── pixmap_00.png
          └── pixmap_01.png