Open Zip from URL (OpenFromWeb)

Open a .zip from a URL and unzip.

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import sys
import chilkat

zip = chilkat.CkZip()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = zip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print zip.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Downloads a .zip into memory and opens it.
success = zip.OpenFromWeb("http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testData/hamlet.zip")
if (success != True):
    print zip.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  It can be unzipped to disk:

fileCount = zip.Unzip("c:/temp")
if (fileCount < 0):
    print zip.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Alternatively, individual entries may be unzipped into memory.
#  In this case, it is unzipped into a string:

addCR = True
entry = zip.GetEntryByName("hamlet.xml")
if (not (entry == None )):
    #  If the file has bare LF line endings, add the CR to get
    #  CRLF line endings.
    fileContents = entry.inflateToString(addCR)
    print fileContents