Slightly modified answer from here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46229764/python-zip-multiple-directories-into-one-zip-file
```python
import os
import zipfile
def zipdir(path, ziph):
# ziph is zipfile handle
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
for file in files:
ziph.write(os.path.join(root, file),
os.path.relpath(os.path.join(root, file),
os.path.join(path, '..')))
def zipit(zip_dir, sub_dir_list):
zipf = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_dir + '.zip', 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
for sub_dir in sub_dir_list:
zipdir(sub_dir, zipf)
zipf.close()
zip_dir = '/folderA'
sub_dir_list = ['a1', 'a2']
zipit(zip_dir, sub_dir_list)
```
This creates a `/folderA.zip` including the specified sub directories.
As others have pointed out, you should use [zipfile](http://docs.python.org/library/zipfile.html). The documentation tells you what functions are available, but doesn't really explain how you can use them to zip an entire directory. I think it's easiest to explain with some example code:
```python
import os
import zipfile
def zipdir(path, ziph):
# ziph is zipfile handle
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
for file in files:
ziph.write(os.path.join(root, file),
os.path.relpath(os.path.join(root, file),
os.path.join(path, '..')))
with zipfile.ZipFile('Python.zip', 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zipf:
zipdir('tmp/', zipf)
```
