Setting a password with python's zipfile module

Question

When using the python module zipfile, for some reason I don't know I can't set a password for an archive created.

When trying to unzip following empty zip archive, I can do so without prompting a password..

Here is my code, what's wrong?

import zipfile  
with zipfile.ZipFile("1.zip","w") as zip:
    zip.setpassword("1234")

Isn't the password only needed to read the files in the archive? If the archive has no files, nothing requires the password. — user2357112, Jan 09 '16 at 19:55

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 09 '16 at 19:57

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From documentation for zipfile module

It supports decryption of encrypted files in ZIP archives, but it currently cannot create an encrypted file.

answered Jan 09 '16 at 19:57

Dima Kudosh

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See [this quesiton](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17250/create-an-encrypted-zip-file-in-python) for more on other ways to do this. – Gareth Latty Jan 09 '16 at 19:59
So what is the `setpassword` method for? – JavaSa Jan 09 '16 at 20:37
For extracting decrypted files – Dima Kudosh Jan 09 '16 at 20:52

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