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Download and unzip a ZIP file using Python
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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
""" | |
Download and unzip a ZIP file | |
Version: 1.0 | |
Python 3.7+ | |
Date created: May 12th, 2021 | |
Date modified: - | |
""" | |
import requests | |
import zipfile | |
URL = 'https://www.covid19.admin.ch/api/data/20210430-zza0vm8q/downloads/sources-csv.zip' | |
def fetch_zip_file(): | |
# Try to get the ZIP file | |
try: | |
response = requests.get(URL) | |
except OSError: | |
print('No connection to the server!') | |
return None | |
# check if the request is succesful | |
if response.status_code == 200: | |
# Save dataset to file | |
print('Status 200, OK') | |
open('sources-csv.zip', 'wb').write(response.content) | |
else: | |
print('ZIP file request not successful!.') | |
return None | |
def main(): | |
# Get the ZIP file | |
fetch_zip_file() | |
# Unzip | |
with zipfile.ZipFile('sources-csv.zip', 'r') as zip_ref: | |
zip_ref.extractall() | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
main() |
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