I have a problem regarding extracting in python

Question

I have been using the following code to extract the files:

import os, zipfile

extension = ".zip"

for item in os.listdir(dir_name): # loop through items in dir

if item.endswith(extension): # check for ".zip" extension

    file_name = os.path.abspath(item) # get full path of files

    zip_ref = zipfile.ZipFile(file_name) # create zipfile object

    zip_ref.extractall(dir_name) # extract file to dir

    zip_ref.close() # close file

    os.remove(file_name) # delete

The problem is that all the files inside the zip have the same name. For example:

Zip 1 has names, "File 1, File 2"

Whereas Zip 2 also has names "Files 1" and "File 2"

After extracting, all my files are getting overwritten by the next file.

Is there any solution to this?

I tried extracting files, expected the files to be extracted, but all the files got overridden.

KillerRebooted · Answer 1 · 2022-10-27T14:18:01.937

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Use os.mkdir("dir_name") with the same name as the Zip File and then Extract them in this new directory zip_ref.extractall("dir_name")

For eg:- Zip File => my_zip.zip

filename = my_zip.zip
os.mkdir(filename.strip(".zip"))

#rest of the code

zip_ref.extractall(filename.strip(".zip"))

edited Oct 27 '22 at 14:18

answered Oct 27 '22 at 14:14

KillerRebooted

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I need them inside the same directory for the next step. – TechGamer Expert Oct 27 '22 at 14:16
Could you briefly tell, what kind of process you want to do after extraction? – KillerRebooted Oct 27 '22 at 14:19
All the zips have images inside them, i want to combine them all into a single pdf. – TechGamer Expert Oct 27 '22 at 14:20
Maybe you can add them to the pdf first, then move on to extract the next zip file in the same loop? OR Use `os.rename(old_name, new_name)` to rename the files after extraction – KillerRebooted Oct 27 '22 at 14:21

I have a problem regarding extracting in python

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