Create zip archive with multiple files

Question

I'm using following code where I pass .pdf file names with their paths to create zip file.

for f in lstFileNames:         with zipfile.ZipFile('reportDir' + str(uuid.uuid4()) + '.zip', 'w') as myzip:             myzip.write(f) 

It only archives one file though. I need to archive all files in my list in one single zip folder.

Before people start to point out, yes I have consulted answers from this and this link but the code given there doesn't work for me. The code runs but I can't find generated zip file anywhere in my computer.

A simple straightforward answer would be appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

Order is incorrect. You are creating new zipfile object for each item in lstFileNames

Should be like this.

with zipfile.ZipFile('reportDir' + str(uuid.uuid4()) + '.zip', 'w') as myzip:     for f in lstFileNames:            myzip.write(f)