Python - the zipfile module doesn't seem to work with passwords

Question

I\'ve been trying to implement a very simple script, extracting zip files that are password protected. I have created a simple zip file (test.zip) with the password \"1234\"

Answer 1

As indicated in a comment it could be a problem with your encryption mode. Using 7-zip to create the zip file using AES-256 I get the same error as yours. With ZypCrypto encryption it works OK.

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>>> import zipfile
>>> psw = "abcd"

#with zipcrypto encryption

>>> path= "C:/Users/joaquin/Desktop/zipcrypto.zip"
>>> zip = zipfile.ZipFile(path, "r")
>>> zip.setpassword(psw)
>>> zip.extractall("C:/Python26")
>>> zip.close()

#with AES-256 encryption

>>> path= "C:/Users/joaquin/Desktop/aes256.zip"
>>> zip = zipfile.ZipFile(path, "r")
>>> zip.setpassword(psw)
>>> zip.extractall("C:/Python26")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
  File "C:\Python26\lib\zipfile.py", line 938, in extractall
    self.extract(zipinfo, path, pwd)
  File "C:\Python26\lib\zipfile.py", line 926, in extract
    return self._extract_member(member, path, pwd)
  File "C:\Python26\lib\zipfile.py", line 969, in _extract_member
    source = self.open(member, pwd=pwd)
  File "C:\Python26\lib\zipfile.py", line 901, in open
    raise RuntimeError("Bad password for file", name)
RuntimeError: ('Bad password for file', )
>>> 

This problem (zipfile only supporting traditional PKWARE encryption method) has been reported as a feature request for python 3.2