CODE EXAMPLE FOR BASIC

python create zip file

import shutil
import zipfile

# base_name is the name of the zip file you want to create
# format is zip for zip file
# root_dir is the direct path of the folder or file you want to zip
shutil.make_archive(base_name='zip_file_name', format='zip', root_dir='data')

# read zip file from current path
with zipfile.ZipFile(file='zip_file_name.zip', mode='r') as zip_ref:
   # create folder name extract_data in current directory with the extracted data
   zip_ref.extractall(path='extract_data')

# Extract a single file from a zip file
with zipfile.ZipFile(file='zip_file_name.zip', mode='r') as zip_ref:
   # Extract a file name called secrets.dat
   zip_ref.extract(member='secrets.dat')
  
 # extract a list of filename within a zip file
with zipfile.ZipFile(file='zip_file_name.zip', mode='r') as zip_obj:
    # Get list of files names in zip
    filenames = zip_obj.namelist()

    # Iterate over the list of file names in given list & print them
    for filename in filenames:
        print(filename)