zipfile — Easy Playground

Read and write ZIP archives

Python Playground

import zipfile
from io import BytesIO

# Create zip in memory
buf = BytesIO()
with zipfile.ZipFile(buf, "w") as zf:
    zf.writestr("hello.txt", "Hello, World!")
    zf.writestr("data.txt", "Some data here")

# Read zip
buf.seek(0)
with zipfile.ZipFile(buf, "r") as zf:
    print(zf.namelist())
    print(zf.read("hello.txt"))

Output

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The zipfile module is part of Python's standard library. Read and write ZIP archives.

Challenge

Try modifying the code above to explore different behaviors. Can you extend the example to handle a new use case?

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