I'm having a hard time figuring out how to unzip a zip file with 2.4. extract()
is not included in 2.4. I'm restricted to using 2.4.4 on my server.
Can someone please provide a simple code example?
I'm having a hard time figuring out how to unzip a zip file with 2.4. extract()
is not included in 2.4. I'm restricted to using 2.4.4 on my server.
Can someone please provide a simple code example?
You have to use namelist()
and extract()
. Sample considering directories
import zipfile
import os.path
import os
zfile = zipfile.ZipFile("test.zip")
for name in zfile.namelist():
(dirname, filename) = os.path.split(name)
print "Decompressing " + filename + " on " + dirname
if not os.path.exists(dirname):
os.makedirs(dirname)
zfile.extract(name, dirname)
There's some problem with Vinko's answer (at least when I run it). I got:
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '01org-webapps-countingbeads-422c4e1/'
Here's how to solve it:
# unzip a file
def unzip(path):
zfile = zipfile.ZipFile(path)
for name in zfile.namelist():
(dirname, filename) = os.path.split(name)
if filename == '':
# directory
if not os.path.exists(dirname):
os.mkdir(dirname)
else:
# file
fd = open(name, 'w')
fd.write(zfile.read(name))
fd.close()
zfile.close()
Modifying Ovilia's answer so that you can specify the destination directory as well:
def unzip(zipFilePath, destDir):
zfile = zipfile.ZipFile(zipFilePath)
for name in zfile.namelist():
(dirName, fileName) = os.path.split(name)
if fileName == '':
# directory
newDir = destDir + '/' + dirName
if not os.path.exists(newDir):
os.mkdir(newDir)
else:
# file
fd = open(destDir + '/' + name, 'wb')
fd.write(zfile.read(name))
fd.close()
zfile.close()
Not fully tested, but it should be okay:
import os
from zipfile import ZipFile, ZipInfo
class ZipCompat(ZipFile):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
ZipFile.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
def extract(self, member, path=None, pwd=None):
if not isinstance(member, ZipInfo):
member = self.getinfo(member)
if path is None:
path = os.getcwd()
return self._extract_member(member, path)
def extractall(self, path=None, members=None, pwd=None):
if members is None:
members = self.namelist()
for zipinfo in members:
self.extract(zipinfo, path)
def _extract_member(self, member, targetpath):
if (targetpath[-1:] in (os.path.sep, os.path.altsep)
and len(os.path.splitdrive(targetpath)[1]) > 1):
targetpath = targetpath[:-1]
if member.filename[0] == '/':
targetpath = os.path.join(targetpath, member.filename[1:])
else:
targetpath = os.path.join(targetpath, member.filename)
targetpath = os.path.normpath(targetpath)
upperdirs = os.path.dirname(targetpath)
if upperdirs and not os.path.exists(upperdirs):
os.makedirs(upperdirs)
if member.filename[-1] == '/':
if not os.path.isdir(targetpath):
os.mkdir(targetpath)
return targetpath
target = file(targetpath, "wb")
try:
target.write(self.read(member.filename))
finally:
target.close()
return targetpath
I am testing in Python 2.7.3rc2 and the the ZipFile.namelist()
is not returning an entry with just the sub directory name for creating a sub directory, but only a list of file names with sub directory, as follows:
['20130923104558/control.json', '20130923104558/test.csv']
Thus the check
if fileName == '':
does not evaluate to True
at all.
So I modified the code to check if the dirName
exists inside destDir
and to create dirName
if it does not exist. File is extracted only if fileName
part is not empty. So this should take care of the condition where a directory name can appear in ZipFile.namelist()
def unzip(zipFilePath, destDir):
zfile = zipfile.ZipFile(zipFilePath)
for name in zfile.namelist():
(dirName, fileName) = os.path.split(name)
# Check if the directory exisits
newDir = destDir + '/' + dirName
if not os.path.exists(newDir):
os.mkdir(newDir)
if not fileName == '':
# file
fd = open(destDir + '/' + name, 'wb')
fd.write(zfile.read(name))
fd.close()
zfile.close()