Zip File Extraction Function

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Code introduction


This function is used to extract files from a zip file to a specified directory. If the file is not a zip file or is corrupted, an error message will be printed.


Technology Stack : zipfile

Code Type : File operation

Code Difficulty : Intermediate


                
                    
def zipfile_extract(file_path, extract_to):
    import zipfile
    try:
        with zipfile.ZipFile(file_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.")                
              
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