unrardll
Python wrapper for the UNRAR DLL.
Usage
from unrardll import extract
extract(archive_path, destination_directory) # extract everything
from unrardll import names
print(list(names(archive_path))) # get list of filenames in archive
from unrardll import headers
from pprint import pprint
pprint(list(headers(archive_path))) # get list of file headers in archive
from unrardll import extract_member
# Extract a single file using a predicate function to select the file
filename, data = extract_member(archive_path, lambda h: h['filename'] == 'myfile.txt')
from unrardll import comment
print(comment(archive_path)) # get the comment from the archiveInstallation
Assuming that the RAR dll is installed and the RAR headers available in the include path.
pip install unrardllYou can set the environment variables UNRAR_INCLUDE and UNRAR_LIBDIRS
to point to the location of the unrar headers and library file.
See the :file:`.github/workflows/ci.py` file for a script to install the unrar dll from source, if needed. This is used on the continuous integration servers.
