##PURPOSE

A simple, easy to use ArcGIS Script Tool or Python script to zip up a single shapefile or entire directory of shapefiles. I found myself zipping shapefiles for upload to ArcGIS online quite regularly...this tool makes it a snap. Also, I added arcpy as an optional import so the zipper.ShapefileZipper() class should work without arcpy (i.e. on a machine without ArcGIS).

##ARCGIS TOOLBOX SETUP

1. Unzip
2. Navigate to your Unzip location and Open up the Toolbox.tbx file using ArcGIS Desktop
3. Modify the source property for the "Zip Shapefile" Script Tool -> Point it to the location of "ScriptToolZipSingleShapefile.py"
4. Modify the source property for the "Zip Directory of Shapefiles" Script Tool -> Point it to the location of "ScriptToolZipDirShapefiles.py"

Toolbox with created with ArcGIS 10.3.1
If you are running an older version of ArcGIS you might need to add your own script tools and point them to the scripts from step 3 and 4 above.

ArcGIS Script Tool Setup for "Zip Shapefile" and "Zip Directory of Shapefiles"

Zip Shapefile

• Parameters
  • Input Shapefile
    • Date Type: Shapefile
    • Type: Required
    • Direction: Input
  • Output Zip File
    • Date Type: String
    • Type: Optional
    • Direction: Input
  • Zip File Mode (w = write new and a = append to existing)
    • Date Type: String
    • Type: Required
    • Direction: Input
    • Default: w
  • Result
    • Date Type: File
    • Type: Derived
    • Direction: Output

Zip Directory of Shapefiles

• Parameters
  • Input Directory
    • Date Type: Folder
    • Type: Required
    • Direction: Input
  • Output Zip File (if empty, individual zips will be created)
    • Date Type: String
    • Type: Optional
    • Direction: Input
  • Zip File Mode (w = write new and a = append to existing)
    • Date Type: String
    • Type: Required
    • Direction: Input
    • Default: w
  • Results
    • Date Type: String
    • Type: Derived
    • Direction: Output

##FILES INCLUDED

######example_usage.py Example use cases of the zipper module.

######ScriptToolZipSingleShapefile.py This is the interface between the zipper.py script and the "Zip Shapefile" ArcGIS Script Tool. This will zip a single shapefile...

######ScriptToolZipDirShapefile.py This is the interface between the zipper.py script and the "Zip Directory of Shapefiles" ArcGIS Script Tool. This will zip all shapefiles in a directory. If you specify an output zip file name it will append all the shapefiles into a single zip. If you don't specify a output zip file, then the tool will create individual zips for each shapefile it finds.

######Toolbox.tbx Contains two ArcGIS Script Tools, one called "Zip Shapefile" and another called "Zip Directory of Shapefiles". There is also an example ArcGIS model so you can see how easy it is to use the scripts within model builder.

######zipper.py This is the bulk of the tool logic. It runs some basic file existence and file extension checks, then will zip up a shapefiles based on user inputs.

##USAGE

For complete usage examples please see example_usage.py

import zipper
shape_zipper = zipper.ShapefileZipper() # Create Instance of class
result_dir = shape_zipper.zip_shapfile_directory("C:\\Temp")  # Zips All Shapefiles found in C:\\TEMP
result_single = shape_zipper.zip_shapefile("C:\\Temp\\test.shp")  # Zips Single Shapefile C:\\Temp\\test.shp to C:\\Temp\\test.zip

##LICENSE

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2016 Ian Grasshoff

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