How to download all objects in single zip file in Google Cloud storage using Python GCS JSON API

Question

I have some objects in different path in one bucket of Google Cloud storage.

I want to download all files in single zip file.

I am using Python GCS JSON API.

Answer 1

This gcs_zip_dynamics() function shows you here how to zip GCS files.

To download you can use:

self.response.headers[b'Content-Type'] = b'multipart/x-zip'
self.response.headers[b'Content-Disposition'] = str('attachment; filename=<file_name>.zip'
self.response.write(gcs_data.gcs_read_blob(dyn))

The gcs_read_blob() function is also part of the Gist.

Answer 2

• Use the cloudstorage library to download the files.
• Use the zipfile library to create your zip archive.
• Add the downloaded files to the zip archive.
• Serve your zip file to the client.

Great example here.