How to add a folder to the archive that is not on the disk?

Question

Python

There is a task to create zip-archives containing a tree of folders with files. But one caveat, these folders are not on the disk, there are only files with different names, and the tree is contained in the database.
I tried to use the standard zipfile, but when I tried to call the write method, I got an error that there is no such folder on the disk.
Please tell me how to solve this problem.

Answer 1

And what prevents you from first creating the desired folder tree with files, and then zipping it?

Answer 2

from zipfile import ZipFile

with ZipFile('archive.zip', 'a') as z:
    z.write('some_file.ext', arcname='path/you/want/some_file.ext')