(Chilkat2-Python) Replace/Update a FIle in a .zip

Demonstrates how to replace/update a file from a .zip. Note: This requires the entire .zip to be rewritten.

Chilkat2 Python Downloads install with pip pip3 install chilkat2 or download... Python Module for Windows, Linux, Alpine Linux, MacOS, Solaris

import chilkat2

# This requires the Chilkat Zip API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Unlock Chilkat Zip for sample code.

# First prepare a .zip and write it..
zip = chilkat2.Zip()

zip.NewZip("qa_output/abc.zip")

# Add some files..
# entry is a CkZipEntry
entry = zip.AppendString("a.txt","aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")

# entry is a CkZipEntry
entry = zip.AppendString("b.txt","bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb")

# entry is a CkZipEntry
entry = zip.AppendString("c.txt","cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc")

# Write to qa_output/abc.zip
# This .zip contains three files: a.txt, b.txt, and c.txt
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()

# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# Open abc.zip, replace the content of the "b.txt" entry with something else, and re-write.
zip2 = chilkat2.Zip()
zip2.OpenZip("qa_output/abc.zip")

# entry is a CkZipEntry
entry = zip2.GetEntryByName("b.txt")
entry.ReplaceString("This is the new content.  bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb","utf-8")

# Write the modified .zip back to "abc.zip"
success = zip2.WriteZipAndClose()

print("success.")