Writing opencv image to zip file in python

Question

I have an opencv image:

img = cv2.imread(filename)
img = cv2.GaussianBlur(img, (5, 5), 0.15)

now I want to write it directly into zip

zipf = zipfile.ZipFile('out.zip', 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
zipf.write(...)

Guess it's something to do with cv2.imencode() but not sure.
Can you help? Thanks

Eran · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-01 14:05:53Z

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Found the answer:

zipf = zipfile.ZipFile('out.zip', 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
retval, buf = cv2.imencode('.png', img)
zipf.writestr(name_in_zip, buf)

works like a charm.

answered Dec 1, 2020 at 14:05

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aurelia · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-01 14:07:50Z

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answered Dec 1, 2020 at 14:07

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it's for the general case, but i wanted to know how to do it for opencv images specifically.