zipfile.ZipFile() vs zipfile.ZipFile.extractall()
zipfile.ZipFile() and zipfile.ZipFile.extractall() are both Python Zipfile Module APIs, and choosing between them is a common point of confusion. This page compares their syntax, parameters, return values, and typical use cases so you can pick the right one. zipfile.ZipFile(): Opens a ZIP file for reading, writing, or appending. Its syntax is zipfile.ZipFile(file, mode="r", compression=ZIP_STORED, allowZip64=True, compresslevel=None), and it returns zipFile object zipfile.ZipFile.extractall(): Extracts all ZIP contents into the current or specified directory. Its syntax is ZipFile.extractall(path=None, members=None, pwd=None), and it returns none Example of zipfile.ZipFile(): import zipfile
with zipfile.ZipFile("archive.zip", "w") as z:
z.write("file1.txt")
z.write("file2.txt"). Example of zipfile.ZipFile.extractall(): with zipfile.ZipFile("archive.zip", "r") as z:
z.extractall("output_dir"). Read the full references for zipfile.ZipFile() and zipfile.ZipFile.extractall() to see parameters, edge cases, and example code side by side. Other Zipfile Module APIs worth comparing: zipfile.ZipFile.extract(), zipfile.ZipFile.namelist(), zipfile.ZipFile.getinfo(), zipfile.ZipFile.close(), zipfile.is_zipfile(). Both belong to the Zipfile Module category in the Python Reference documentation.