To unzip a zip file in python you can use the following snippet.
Sample Python
import zipfile myZip = zipfile.ZipFile('myArchive.zip','r') for zipContentFile in myZip.namelist(): data = myZip.read(zipContentFile) file = open(zipContentFile, 'w+b') file.write(data) file.close()
for more informations see Work with ZIP archives¶