Read multiple csv files zipped in one file

Question

I have several csv files in several zip files in on folder, so for example:

• A.zip (contains csv1,csv2,csv3)
• B.zip (contains csv4, csv5, csv6)

Answer 1

I would try to tackle it in two passes. First pass, extract the contents of the zipfile onto the filesystem. Second Pass, read all those extracted CSVs using the method you already have above:

import glob
import pandas as pd
import zipfile

def extract_files(file_path):
  archive = zipfile.ZipFile(file_path, 'r') 
  unzipped_path = archive.extractall()
  return unzipped_path

zipped_files = glob.glob("C/folder/*.zip")]
file_paths = [extract_files(zf) for zf in zipped_files]

dfs = [pd.read_csv(f, header=None, sep=";") for f in file_paths]
df = pd.concat(dfs,ignore_index=True)