shutil with rar support

test.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os

os.environ["UNRAR_LIB_PATH"] = r"C:\Program Files (x86)\UnrarDLL\x64\UnRAR64.dll"

import shutil
from unrar import rarfile
from pprint import pprint


def _unpack_rarfile(filename, extract_dir):
    # todo: password?
    if not rarfile.is_rarfile(str(filename)):
        raise shutil.ReadError("%s is not a rar file" % filename)
    rar = rarfile.RarFile(filename)
    rar.extractall(extract_dir)


shutil.register_unpack_format("rar", [".rar"], _unpack_rarfile, [], "uncompressed rar file")


def main():
    pprint(shutil.get_unpack_formats())
    shutil.unpack_archive(r"your file name", r"your dist path")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()