How to read files from 7z archive with Python?

Question

I have a .7z file (archive) and I am trying to find out how to read files from 7z archive? I cannot find any information how to do that. Is there any library for that purpose? I tried zipfile, lzma, however none of them works.

I will be very grateful for any advice.

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I was able to use [libarchive](https://pypi.org/project/libarchive/) to handle 7z. — Quang Hoang, Aug 05 '19 at 18:59
You can use py7zr, which supports 7zip archive compression, decompression, encryption and decryption. https://github.com/miurahr/py7zr — Zhou Hongbo, Jul 21 '20 at 10:58

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 05 '19 at 18:43

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Look for libarchive or pylzma

https://pypi.org/project/pylzma/

Would help to know which version of Python you are using

answered Aug 05 '19 at 18:43

JMB

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I am using Python 3.6 – b36 Aug 05 '19 at 18:49
Look for :https://stackoverflow.com/a/12292596/9232914 – JMB Aug 05 '19 at 18:58
When I am trying to install this lib I am getting: "ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement py7zlib (from versions: none) ERROR: No matching distribution found for py7zlib" – b36 Aug 06 '19 at 15:02
Installing with pip or curl ? – JMB Aug 06 '19 at 15:22

How to read files from 7z archive with Python?

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