{"id":811,"date":"2022-07-07T22:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekpython.in\/?p=811"},"modified":"2023-08-15T16:47:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T11:17:15","slug":"zipfile-read-and-write-zip-files-without-extracting-it-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekpython.in\/zipfile-read-and-write-zip-files-without-extracting-it-in-python","title":{"rendered":"zipfile – Read And Write ZIP Files Without Extracting It In Python"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How often do you work with ZIP files in your day-to-day life?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you ever worked with ZIP files, then you would know that a lot of files and directories are compressed together into one file that has a .zip<\/em> file extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, in order to read that files, we need to extract them from ZIP format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this tutorial, we will implement some Pythonic methods for performing various operations on ZIP files without even having to extract them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For that purpose, we’ll use Python’s zipfile<\/code> module to handle the process for us nicely and easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>What is a ZIP file?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned above, a ZIP file contains one or more files or directories that have been compressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZIP is an archive file format<\/strong> that supports lossless data compression<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lossless compression means that the original data will be perfectly reconstructed from the compressed data without even losing any information.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you wonder what is an archive file, then it is nothing but computer files that are composed of one or more files along with their metadata<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This format was originally created in 1989 and was first implemented in PKWARE, Inc.’s PKZIP utility, as a replacement for the previous ARC compression format by Thom Henderson. The ZIP format was then quickly supported by many software utilities other than PKZIP.Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Illustration to show how the files are placed on the disk.Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>What is the need for a ZIP file?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

ZIP files can be crucial for those who work with computers and deal with large digital information because it allows them to<\/p>\n\n\n\n