How can I pass a Python StringIO() object to a ZipFile(), or is it not supported?

Question

So I have a StringIO() file-like object, and I am trying to write it to a ZipFile(), but I get this TypeError:

coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, c         


        

Answer 1

To add a string to a ZipFile you need to use the writestr method and pass the string from StringIO using getvalue method of the StringIO instance

e.g.

archive.writestr("name of file in zip", my_file.getvalue())

Note you also need to give the name of the string to say where it is placed in the zip file.