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Extract a file from a zip file

Extract a single file from a provided ZIP file. Provide the full file path from ‘Retrieve details form a ZIP file' Wrk Action to download the file.

Application

  • Data

Inputs (what you have)

NameDescriptionData TypeRequired?Example
ZIP fileZIP file to extract the files fromFileYes
Full pathSpecify the full path of the file inside the ZIP file. This can be found in “Retrieve details from a ZIP file” Wrk ActionText (Long)Yes

Outputs (what you get)

NameDescriptionData TypeRequired?Example
Extracted fileThe extracted fileFileNo

Outcomes

NameDescription
SuccessThis status is selected if the job has successfully completed.
No resultThis status is selected if the job has successfully completed but no result was produced.

Supported Archive File Types

ZIP-based formats

These are handled as ZIP archives:

  • .zip
  • .whl
  • .jar
  • .war
  • .ear
  • .apk
  • .epub
  • .docx
  • .xlsx
  • .pptx
  • .ipa
  • .kmz
  • .xpi
  • .odt
  • .ods
  • .odp

7-Zip formats

  • .7z

TAR-based formats

These are handled as TAR archives and common compressed variants:

  • .tar
  • .tgz → normalized to .tar.gz
  • .tar.gz
  • .tar.bz2
  • .tar.xz
  • .tbz
  • .tbz2
  • .txz
  • .gz → treated as .tar.gz
  • .bz2 → treated as .tar.bz2
  • .xz → treated as .tar.xz