Class: QgsZipUtils

class qgis.core.QgsZipUtils

Bases: sip.simplewrapper

Methods

isZipFile

Returns True if the file name is a zipped file ( i.e with a ‘.qgz’ extension, False otherwise.

unzip

Unzip a zip file in an output directory.

zip

Zip the list of files in the zip file.

isZipFile(filename: str)bool

Returns True if the file name is a zipped file ( i.e with a ‘.qgz’ extension, False otherwise.

Parameters

filename (str) – The name of the file

Return type

bool

Returns

True if the file is zipped, False otherwise

unzip(zip: str, dir: str)Tuple[bool, List[str]]

Unzip a zip file in an output directory.

Parameters
  • zip (str) – The zip filename

  • dir (str) – The output directory

Return type

Tuple[bool, List[str]]

Returns

  • False if the zip filename does not exist, the output directory

  • files: The absolute path of unzipped files

does not exist or is not writable.

New in version 3.0.

zip(zip: str, files: Iterable[str])bool

Zip the list of files in the zip file. If the zip file already exists or is empty, an error is returned. If an input file does not exist, an error is also returned.

Parameters
  • zip (str) – The zip filename

  • files (Iterable[str]) – The absolute path to files to embed within the zip

New in version 3.0.

Return type

bool