How to zip a file in python?

Question

I have been trying to make a python script to zip a file with the zipfile module. Although the text file is made into a zip file, It doesn't seem to be compressing it; testtext.txt is 1024KB whilst testtext.zip (The code's creation) is also equal to 1024KB. However, if I compress testtext.txt manually in File Explorer, the resulting zip file is compressed (To 2KB, specifically). How, if possible, can I combat this logical error?

Below is the script that I have used to (unsuccessfully) zip a text file.

from zipfile import ZipFile

textFile = ZipFile("compressedtextstuff.zip", "w")
textFile.write("testtext.txt")
textFile.close()

Answer 1

https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipfile.html#:~:text=with%20ZipFile(%27spam.zip%27%2C%20%27w%27)%20as%20myzip%3A%0A%20%20%20%20myzip.write(%27eggs.txt%27)

In the docs they have it written with a with statement so I would try that first.

Edit:

I just came back to say that you have to specify your compression method but Mark beat me to the punch.

Here is a link to a StackOverflow post about it https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4166447/python-zipfile-module-doesnt-seem-to-be-compressing-my-files#:~:text=This%20is%20because%20ZipFile%20requires,the%20method%20to%20be%20zipfile.