How do I setpassword to compressed zip files in Python

Question

I get this error when I try to set a password to a zip file. Below is the code/error I get. Please give me an example of the correct way to do it.

• This is just the password part of the script... the entire script is to long to post.

Code:

password = "dog" 
password = zipfile.setpassword(pwd)

Error received when hitting the password part of the script.
-------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\ZIP-IT\ZIP IT.py", line 86, in <module>
    start()
  File "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\ZIP-IT\ZIP IT.py", line 54, in start
    compress()
  File "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\ZIP-IT\ZIP IT.py", line 70, in compress
    password = zipfile.setpassword(pwd)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'setpassword'

Answer 1

Are you running Python 2.6+?

---

ZipFile.setpassword(pwd)

Set pwd as default password to extract encrypted files.

New in version 2.6.

---

The Python zipfile docs say at the top that they "[support] decryption of encrypted files in ZIP archives, but it currently cannot create an encrypted file."