python · danny0838 · Mar 24, 2023 · May 21, 2025 · May 21, 2025 · May 21, 2025
diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
@@ -518,6 +518,23 @@ ZipFile Objects
    .. versionadded:: 3.11
 
 
+.. method:: ZipFile.remove(zinfo_or_arcname)
+
+   Removes a member from the archive.  *zinfo_or_arcname* is either the full
+   path of the member, or a :class:`ZipInfo` instance.
+
+   The archive must be opened with mode ``'a'``.
+
+   Calling :meth:`remove` on a closed ZipFile will raise a :exc:`ValueError`.
+
+   .. note::
+
+      Removing a member in an archive may involve a move of many internal data
+      records, which can be I/O intensive for a large ZIP file.
+
+   .. versionadded:: next
+
+
 The following data attributes are also available:
 
 .. attribute:: ZipFile.filename

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
@@ -1360,6 +1360,229 @@ class LzmaWriterTests(AbstractWriterTests, unittest.TestCase):
 class ZstdWriterTests(AbstractWriterTests, unittest.TestCase):
     compression = zipfile.ZIP_ZSTANDARD
 
+class AbstractRemoveTests:
+
+    def _test_removing_members(self, test_files, indexes, force_zip64=False):
+        """Test underlying _remove_members() for removing members at given
+        indexes."""
+        # calculate the expected results
+        expected_files = []
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'w', self.compression) as zh:
+            for i, (file, data) in enumerate(test_files):
+                if i not in indexes:
+                    with zh.open(file, 'w', force_zip64=force_zip64) as fh:
+                        fh.write(data)
+                    expected_files.append(file)
+        expected_size = os.path.getsize(TESTFN)
+
+        # prepare the test zip
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'w', self.compression) as zh:
+            for file, data in test_files:
+                with zh.open(file, 'w', force_zip64=force_zip64) as fh:
+                    fh.write(data)
+
+        # do the removal and check the result
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'a', self.compression) as zh:
+            members = {zh.infolist()[i] for i in indexes}
+            zh._remove_members(members)
+
+            # make sure internal caches have reflected the change
+            # and are consistent
+            self.assertEqual(zh.namelist(), expected_files)
+            for file, _ in test_files:
+                if file in zh.namelist():
+                    self.assertEqual(zh.getinfo(file).filename, file)
+                else:
+                    with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+                        zh.getinfo(file)
+
+            self.assertIsNone(zh.testzip())
+        self.assertEqual(os.path.getsize(TESTFN), expected_size)
+
+    def _test_removing_combinations(self, test_files, n=None):
+        """Test underlying _remove_members() for removing random combinations
+        of members."""
+        ln = len(test_files)
+        for n in (range(1, ln + 1) if n is None else (n,)):
+            for indexes in itertools.combinations(range(ln), n):
+                with self.subTest(remove=indexes):
+                    self._test_removing_members(test_files, indexes)
+
+    def test_basic(self):
+        """Test underlying _remove_members() for removing random combinations
+        of members."""
+        test_files = [
+            ('file0.txt', b'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit'),
+            ('file1.txt', b'Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse'),
+            ('file2.txt', b'Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem'),
+        ]
+
+        self._test_removing_combinations(test_files)
+
+    def test_duplicated_arcname(self):
+        """Test underlying _remove_members() for removing any one of random
+        duplicated members."""
+        dupl_file = 'file.txt'
+        test_files = [
+            ('file0.txt', b'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit'),
+            ('file1.txt', b'Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse'),
+            ('file2.txt', b'Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem'),
+        ]
+
+        ln = len(test_files)
+        for n in range(2, ln + 1):
+            for dups in itertools.combinations(range(ln), n):
+                files = []
+                for i, (file, data) in enumerate(test_files):
+                    file_ = dupl_file if i in dups else file
+                    files.append((file_, data))
+
+                for index in dups:
+                    indexes = [index]
+                    with self.subTest(dups=dups, remove=indexes):
+                        import warnings
+                        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+                            warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
+                            self._test_removing_members(files, indexes)
+
+    def test_non_physical(self):
+        """Test underlying _remove_members() for non-physical removing."""
+        test_files = [
+            ('file0.txt', b'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit'),
+            ('file1.txt', b'Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse'),
+            ('file2.txt', b'Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem'),
+        ]
+
+        ln = len(test_files)
+        for n in range(1, ln + 1):
+            for indexes in itertools.combinations(range(ln), n):
+                with self.subTest(remove=indexes):
+                    # prepare the test zip
+                    expected = {}
+                    with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'w', self.compression) as zh:
+                        for i, (file, data) in enumerate(test_files):
+                            zh.writestr(file, data)
+                            if i not in indexes:
+                                expected[file] = zh.getinfo(file).header_offset
+
+                    # do the removal and check the result
+                    with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'a', self.compression) as zh:
+                        members = {zh.infolist()[i] for i in indexes}
+                        zh._remove_members(members, remove_physical=False)
+                        self.assertEqual(zh.namelist(), list(expected))
+                        for file, offset in expected.items():
+                            self.assertEqual(zh.getinfo(file).header_offset, offset)
+                        self.assertIsNone(zh.testzip())
+
+    def test_verify(self):
+        """Test if params are passed to underlying _remove_members() correctly,
+        or never passed if conditions not met."""
+        file0 = 'file0.txt'
+        file = 'datafile.txt'
+        data = b'Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem'
+
+        # closed: error and do nothing
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'w', self.compression) as zh:
+            zh.writestr(file, data)
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'a', self.compression) as zh:
+            zh.close()
+            with mock.patch('zipfile.ZipFile._remove_members') as mock_fn:
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                    zh.remove(file)
+                mock_fn.assert_not_called()
+
+        # writing: error and do nothing
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'w', self.compression) as zh:
+            zh.writestr(file, data)
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'a', self.compression) as zh:
+            with mock.patch('zipfile.ZipFile._remove_members') as mock_fn:
+                with zh.open(file0, 'w') as fh:
+                    with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                        zh.remove(file)
+                mock_fn.assert_not_called()
+
+        # mode 'r': error and do nothing
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'r', self.compression) as zh:
+            with mock.patch('zipfile.ZipFile._remove_members') as mock_fn:
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                    zh.remove(file)
+                mock_fn.assert_not_called()
+
+        # mode 'w': error and do nothing
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'w', self.compression) as zh:
+            zh.writestr(file, data)
+            with mock.patch('zipfile.ZipFile._remove_members') as mock_fn:
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                    zh.remove(file)
+                mock_fn.assert_not_called()
+
+        # mode 'x': error and do nothing
+        os.remove(TESTFN)
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'x', self.compression) as zh:
+            zh.writestr(file, data)
+            with mock.patch('zipfile.ZipFile._remove_members') as mock_fn:
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                    zh.remove(file)
+                mock_fn.assert_not_called()
+
+        # mode 'a': the most general use case
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'w', self.compression) as zh:
+            zh.writestr(file, data)
+        # -- remove with arcname
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'a', self.compression) as zh:
+            with mock.patch('zipfile.ZipFile._remove_members') as mock_fn:
+                zh.remove(file)
+                mock_fn.assert_called_once_with({zh.getinfo(file)})
+        # -- remove with zinfo
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'a', self.compression) as zh:
+            with mock.patch('zipfile.ZipFile._remove_members') as mock_fn:
+                zinfo = zh.getinfo(file)
+                zh.remove(zinfo)
+                mock_fn.assert_called_once_with({zinfo})
+        # -- remove with nonexist arcname
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'a', self.compression) as zh:
+            with mock.patch('zipfile.ZipFile._remove_members') as mock_fn:
+                with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+                    zh.remove('nonexist.file')
+                mock_fn.assert_not_called()
+        # -- remove with nonexist zinfo (even if same name)
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'a', self.compression) as zh:
+            with mock.patch('zipfile.ZipFile._remove_members') as mock_fn:
+                zinfo = zipfile.ZipInfo(file)
+                with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+                    zh.remove(zinfo)
+                mock_fn.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_zip64(self):
+        """Test if members use zip64."""
+        test_files = [
+            ('pre.txt', b'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit'),
+            ('datafile', b'Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem'),
+            ('post.txt', b'Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse'),
+        ]
+
+        self._test_removing_members(test_files, [1], force_zip64=True)
+
+class StoredRemoveTests(AbstractRemoveTests, unittest.TestCase):
+    compression = zipfile.ZIP_STORED
+
+@requires_zlib()
+class DeflateRemoveTests(AbstractRemoveTests, unittest.TestCase):
+    compression = zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED
+
+@requires_bz2()
+class Bzip2RemoveTests(AbstractRemoveTests, unittest.TestCase):
+    compression = zipfile.ZIP_BZIP2
+
+@requires_lzma()
+class LzmaRemoveTests(AbstractRemoveTests, unittest.TestCase):
+    compression = zipfile.ZIP_LZMA
+
+@requires_zstd()
+class ZstdRemoveTests(AbstractRemoveTests, unittest.TestCase):
+    compression = zipfile.ZIP_ZSTANDARD
+
+
 class PyZipFileTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def assertCompiledIn(self, name, namelist):
         if name + 'o' not in namelist:

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile64.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile64.py
@@ -87,6 +87,69 @@ def tearDown(self):
         os_helper.unlink(TESTFN2)
 
 
+class TestRemove(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Create test data.
+        line_gen = ("Test of zipfile line %d." % i for i in range(1000000))
+        self.data = '\n'.join(line_gen).encode('ascii')
+
+    def _write_large_file(self, fh):
+        # It will contain enough copies of self.data to reach about 8 GiB.
+        filecount = 8*1024**3 // len(self.data)
+
+        next_time = time.monotonic() + _PRINT_WORKING_MSG_INTERVAL
+        for num in range(filecount):
+            fh.write(self.data)
+            # Print still working message since this test can be really slow
+            if next_time <= time.monotonic():
+                next_time = time.monotonic() + _PRINT_WORKING_MSG_INTERVAL
+                print((
+                '  writing %d of %d, be patient...' %
+                (num, filecount)), file=sys.__stdout__)
+                sys.__stdout__.flush()
+
+    def test_remove_large_file(self):
+        # Try the temp file.  If we do TESTFN2, then it hogs
+        # gigabytes of disk space for the duration of the test.
+        with TemporaryFile() as f:
+            self._test_remove_large_file(f)
+            self.assertFalse(f.closed)
+
+    def _test_remove_large_file(self, f):
+        file = 'datafile.txt'
+        file1 = 'dummy.txt'
+        data = b'Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem'
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(f, 'w') as zh:
+            with zh.open(file1, 'w', force_zip64=True) as fh:
+                self._write_large_file(fh)
+            zh.writestr(file, data)
+
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(f, 'a') as zh:
+            zh.remove(file1)
+            self.assertIsNone(zh.testzip())
+
+    def test_remove_before_large_file(self):
+        # Try the temp file.  If we do TESTFN2, then it hogs
+        # gigabytes of disk space for the duration of the test.
+        with TemporaryFile() as f:
+            self._test_remove_before_large_file(f)
+            self.assertFalse(f.closed)
+
+    def _test_remove_before_large_file(self, f):
+        file = 'datafile.txt'
+        file1 = 'dummy.txt'
+        data = b'Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem'
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(f, 'w') as zh:
+            zh.writestr(file, data)
+            with zh.open(file1, 'w', force_zip64=True) as fh:
+                self._write_large_file(fh)
+            expected_size = zh.getinfo(file1).file_size
+
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(f, 'a') as zh:
+            zh.remove(file)
+            self.assertIsNone(zh.testzip())
+
+
 class OtherTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def testMoreThan64kFiles(self):
         # This test checks that more than 64k files can be added to an archive,