A simple snippet to zip files in a directory and send it the browser in downloadable format in django

python django create and download zip.py

from shutil import make_archive
from wsgiref.util import FileWrapper
def download(request, file_name=""):
    """
    A django view to zip files in directory and send it as downloadable response to the browser.
    Args:
      @request: Django request object
      @file_name: Name of the directory to be zipped
    Returns:
      A downloadable Http response
    """
    files_path = "/tmp/albums/"
    path_to_zip = make_archive(files_path, "zip", files_path)
    response = HttpResponse(FileWrapper(open(path_to_zip,'rb')), content_type='application/zip')
    response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="{filename}.zip"'.format(
        filename = file_name.replace(" ", "_")
    )
    return response