def zip_process(**kwargs):
    str_localPath   = ""
    str_zipFileName = ""
    str_action      = "zip"
    str_arcroot     = ""
    for k,v in kwargs.items():
        if k == 'path':             str_localPath   = v
        if k == 'action':           str_action      = v
        if k == 'payloadFile':      str_zipFileName = v
        if k == 'arcroot':          str_arcroot     = v
    if str_action       == 'zip':
        str_mode        = 'w'
        str_zipFileName = '%s.zip' % uuid.uuid4()
    else:
        str_mode        = 'r'
    try:
        ziphandler          = zipfile.ZipFile(str_zipFileName, str_mode, zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
        if str_mode == 'w':
            if os.path.isdir(str_localPath):
                zipdir(str_localPath, ziphandler, arcroot = str_arcroot)
            else:
                if len(str_arcroot):
                    str_arcname = str_arcroot.split('/')[-1] + str_localPath.split(str_arcroot)[1]
                else:
                    str_arcname = str_localPath
                try:
                    ziphandler.write(str_localPath, arcname = str_arcname)
                except:
                    ziphandler.close()
                    os.remove(str_zipFileName)
                    return {
                        'msg':      json.dumps({"msg": "No file or directory found for '%s'" % str_localPath}),
                        'status':   False
                    }
        if str_mode     == 'r':
            ziphandler.extractall(str_localPath)
        ziphandler.close()
        str_msg             = '%s operation successful' % str_action
        b_status            = True
    except:
        str_msg             = '%s operation failed'     % str_action
        b_status            = False
    return {
        'msg':              str_msg,
        'fileProcessed':    str_zipFileName,
        'status':           b_status,
        'path':             str_localPath,
        'zipmode':          str_mode,
        'filesize':         "{:,}".format(os.stat(str_zipFileName).st_size),
        'timestamp':        '%s' % datetime.datetime.now()
    }