Pythonista extension script to decompress GZIP file and then open in ...

Pythonista-uncompress.py

# coding: utf-8
# PYTHONISTA extension - uncompress GZIP Files

import appex

import console
import re
import gzip
import os.path
import shutil


def main():
	if not appex.is_running_extension():
		print('This script is intended to be run from the sharing extension.')
		return
	for file in appex.get_file_paths():
		if not file:
			print('No file found.')
			return
		# decompress file
		file2 = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(file))[0]
		with gzip.open(file, "rb") as i_file:
			with gzip.open(file2, "wb") as o_file:
				shutil.copyfileobj(i_file, o_file)
		# open decompressed file in other app
		console.open_in(file2)
		# cleanup the decompressed files
		os.unlink(file2)
	
if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()