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Unzipping files in Python


I read through the zipfile documentation, but couldn't understand how to unzip a file, only how to zip a file. How do I unzip all the contents of a zip file into the same directory?


Solution

  • import zipfile
    with zipfile.ZipFile(path_to_zip_file, 'r') as zip_ref:
        zip_ref.extractall(directory_to_extract_to)
    

    That's pretty much it!