Fix: zipfile.BadZipFile: File is not a zip file Python

Code2care@Mac % python3 zip_program.py

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/c2ctech/Desktop/zip_program.py", line 6, in 
    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file, 'r') as zip_ref:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.4_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/zipfile.py", line 1302, in __init__
    self._RealGetContents()
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.4_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/zipfile.py", line 1369, in _RealGetContents
    raise BadZipFile("File is not a zip file")
zipfile.BadZipFile: File is not a zip file

You will get a BadZipFile error when you try to unzip a zip file with is either corrupt or not a valid zip file.

Fix:

Try the below options for a fix.

1. Make sure that the file you are trying to unzip has a .zip extension.
2. If you had downloaded it from the web or a cloud drive, make sure that it was fully downloaded (do a checksum or size check)
3. Make sure that the path and the file name provided in your code is correct.
4. Try to unzip the file by yourself and see if it works.

When using the zipfile module it is always recommended to wrap your code with try/catch block with and handle zipfile.BadZipFile

import zipfile

zip_file = "data.zip"
extract_fonder = "/user/c2c/prod"

try:
    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file, 'r') as zip:
        zip.extractall(extract_fonder)
    print(f"The file {zip_file} was extracted successful!")
except zipfile.BadZipFile:
    print(f"An Error occurred while extracting {zip_file} is not a valid ZIP file.")

Referece: https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipfile.html#zipfile.BadZipFile

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