The shutil module helps you to accomplish tasks, such as: copying, moving, or removing directory trees.
This python script creates a zip file in the current directory containing all contents of dir and then clears dir.
import shutil
from os import makedirs
def zip(out_fileName, dir):
shutil.make_archive(str(out_fileName), 'zip', dir)
shutil.rmtree(dir)
makedirs(dir[:-1])