zipfile.ZipFile.extract() vs zipfile.ZipFile.namelist()
zipfile.ZipFile.extract() and zipfile.ZipFile.namelist() 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.extract(): Extracts a single file from the ZIP archive. Its syntax is ZipFile.extract(member, path=None, pwd=None), and it returns extracted file path zipfile.ZipFile.namelist(): Returns a list of all files and directories in the ZIP archive. Its syntax is ZipFile.namelist(), and it returns list of strings Example of zipfile.ZipFile.extract(): with zipfile.ZipFile("archive.zip") as z:
z.extract("file1.txt", "output"). Example of zipfile.ZipFile.namelist(): with zipfile.ZipFile("a.zip") as z:
print(z.namelist()) # ["file1.txt", "file2.txt"]. Read the full references for zipfile.ZipFile.extract() and zipfile.ZipFile.namelist() to see parameters, edge cases, and example code side by side. Other Zipfile Module APIs worth comparing: zipfile.ZipFile(), zipfile.ZipFile.extractall(), zipfile.ZipFile.getinfo(), zipfile.ZipFile.close(), zipfile.is_zipfile(). Both belong to the Zipfile Module category in the Python Reference documentation.