(Chilkat2-Python) Unzip Encrypted Text into a String Variable

Demonstrates how to open an encrypted .zip archive and unzip a text file directly into a string variable.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

zip = chilkat2.Zip()

# Set the password required for decrypting.
zip.DecryptPassword = "myPassword"

success = zip.OpenZip("encrypted.zip")
if (success == False):
    print(zip.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Locate the file within the Zip to be unzipped into a string variable:
entry = chilkat2.ZipEntry()
success = zip.EntryMatching("*.csv",entry)
if (success == False):
    print(zip.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# lineEndingBehavior:
# 0 = leave unchanged.
# 1 = convert all to bare LF's
# 2 = convert all to CRLF's
lineEndingBehavior = 0
srcCharset = "utf-8"

strCsv = entry.UnzipToString(lineEndingBehavior,srcCharset)
print(strCsv)