Unzip all zipped files in a folder to that same folder using Python 2.7.5

Question

I would like to write a simple script to iterate through all the files in a folder and unzip those that are zipped (.zip) to that same folder. For this project, I have a folder

Answer 1

I think this is shorter and worked fine for me. First import the modules required:

import zipfile, os

Then, I define the working directory:

working_directory = 'my_directory'
os.chdir(working_directory)

After that you can use a combination of the os and zipfile to get where you want:

for file in os.listdir(working_directory):   # get the list of files
    if zipfile.is_zipfile(file): # if it is a zipfile, extract it
        with zipfile.ZipFile(file) as item: # treat the file as a zip
           item.extractall()  # extract it in the working directory