(CkPython) 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.

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import sys
import chilkat

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

zip = chilkat.CkZip()

# Set the password required for decrypting.
zip.put_DecryptPassword("myPassword")

success = zip.OpenZip("encrypted.zip")
if (success != True):
    print(zip.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Locate the file within the Zip to be unzipped into a string variable:
# entry is a CkZipEntry
entry = zip.FirstMatchingEntry("*.csv")
if (zip.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
    print("No matching entry found.")
    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)