Extract files from zip without keeping the structure using python ZipFile?

Question

I try to extract all files from .zip containing subfolders in one folder. I want all the files from subfolders extract in only one folder without keeping the original struc

Answer 1

In case you are getting badZipFile error. you can unzip the archive using 7zip sub process. assuming you have installed the 7zip then use the following code.

import subprocess
my_dir = destFolder #destination folder
my_zip = destFolder + "/" + filename.zip #file you want to extract
ziploc = "C:/Program Files/7-Zip/7z.exe" #location where 7zip is installed
cmd = [ziploc, 'e',my_zip ,'-o'+ my_dir ,'*.txt' ,'-r' ] 
#extracting only txt files and from all subdirectories
sp = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)