Unzipping with specific name

Question

Based on this answer, is there an option to rename the file when extracting it? Or what is the best solution to do so?

Didn't find anything on the documentation

Answer 1

I found two methods:

1. Using ZipFile.read()

   You can get data from zip file using ZipFile.read() and write it with new name using standard open(), write()

   import zipfile
   
   z = zipfile.ZipFile('image.zip')
   
   for f in z.infolist():
       data = z.read(f)
       with open('new_name.png', 'wb') as fh:
           fh.write(data)
   

2. Using zipfile.extract() with ZipInfo

   You can change name before using extract()

   import zipfile
   
   z = zipfile.ZipFile('image.zip')
   
   for f in z.infolist():
       #print(f.filename)
       #print(f.orig_filename)
       f.filename = 'new_name.png'
       z.extract(f)
   

   This version can automatically create subfolders if you use

   f.filename = 'folder/subfolder/new_name.png'
   z.extract(f)
   
   f.filename = 'new_name.png'
   z.extract(f, 'folder/subfolder')