python script to extract files from remote ZIP archives without downloading the entire archive
pip install cloud_unzip
usage: cloud_unzip [-h] [-l] [-t] [-e EXTRACT] [-o OUTPUT] [-p] [-w WORKERS] [--password PASSWORD] url
Extract files from remote ZIP archives
positional arguments:
url URL of the remote ZIP file
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l, --list List files in the ZIP archive
-t, --tree Display zip contents in tree format
-e, --extract EXTRACT
Extract specific files from the ZIP archive
-o, --output OUTPUT Output directory for extracted files. Use "-" to write to stdout
-p, --parallel Extract files in parallel
-w, --workers WORKERS
Maximum number of worker threads for parallel extraction
--password PASSWORD Password for encrypted ZIP files
cloud_unzip -e path/to/file/inside/zip <url>
- Enter file paths comma separated
cloud_unzip -e path/to/file1,path/to/file2,path/to/file3 <url>
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use
--parallelto extract multiple files parallely , default extraction method is sequential -
If the ZIP file is
encrypted, it will ask for apasswordduring extraction, or it can be provided using the--password <your password>argument.
- Server must support range request
- Example
from cloud_unzip import RemoteZipExtractor
url = "https://example.com/yourfile.zip"
extractor = RemoteZipExtractor(url)
# List files in the ZIP archive
files = extractor.list_files()
print("Files in zip:", files)
# Extract a specific file
extracted_path = extractor.extract_file("docs/readme.txt", output_path="readme.txt")
print(f"Extracted to: {extracted_path}")