How to unzip gz file using Python

Question

I need to extract a gz file that I have downloaded from an FTP site to a local Windows file server. I have the variables set for the local path of the file, and I know it ca

Answer 1

Not an exact answer because you're using xml data and there is currently no pd.read_xml() function (as of v0.23.4), but pandas (starting with v0.21.0) can uncompress the file for you! Thanks Wes!

import pandas as pd
import os
fn = '../data/file_to_load.json.gz'
print(os.path.isfile(fn))
df = pd.read_json(fn, lines=True, compression='gzip')
df.tail()