x7zipfile

x7zipfile is a thin 7-zip extract command wrapper for Python.

Features

• The interface follows the style of zipfile.
• Archive operations are handled by executing external tool: 7z.
• Works with single file.
• Supports extract and list operations.
• Not supports compress operations.
• Supports archive formats that can be processed by the 7z command.
• Supports Unicode filenames.
• Supports password-protected archives.

Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.7 or later
• 7-zip 16 or later

Download

• Download x7zipfile.py from the github code page
  • https://github.com/UuuNyaa/x7zipfile/blob/main/src/x7zipfile.py

Install

1. Place the x7zipfile.py file where you want.
2. Install 7-zip.
   • Windows: https://www.newsgroupreviews.com/7-zip-installation.html
   • Linux: run sudo {apt,yum,dnf,snap} install p7zip-full

Usage

Simple extract example

import x7zipfile

with x7zipfile.x7ZipFile('myarchive.7z') as zipfile:
    for info in zipfile.infolist():
        print(info.filename, info.file_size)
        if info.filename == 'README':
            zipfile.extract(info)

Dynamic module load example

import importlib

namespace = 'x7zipfile'
loader = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader(namespace, '/path/to/x7zipfile.py')
x7zipfile = loader.load_module(namespace)

References

• Code: markokr/rarfile
• Test archives: miurahr/py7zr