Python: Open file in zip without temporarily extracting it

Question

How can I open files in a zip archive without extracting them first?

I\'m using pygame. To save disk space, I have all the images zipped up. Is it possible to load a

Answer 1

import io, pygame, zipfile
archive = zipfile.ZipFile('images.zip', 'r')

# read bytes from archive
img_data = archive.read('img_01.png')

# create a pygame-compatible file-like object from the bytes
bytes_io = io.BytesIO(img_data)

img = pygame.image.load(bytes_io)

I was trying to figure this out for myself just now and thought this might be useful for anyone who comes across this question in the future.