Zip File Extraction Utility

This function is used to extract zip files to a specified directory. If the file is corrupted or does not exist, it will print out the corresponding error message.

Technology Stack : zipfile

Code Type : File processing

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zipfile_extract(zip_path, extract_to):
    import zipfile
    try:
        with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path, 'r') as zip_ref:
            zip_ref.extractall(extract_to)
    except zipfile.BadZipFile:
        print("The file is not a zip file or it is corrupted")
    except FileNotFoundError:
        print("The file was not found")