End of Central Directory record could not be found

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The problem is ZipFile can’t find the line of code that signals the end of the archive, so either:

  1. It is not a .zip archive.

    • It may be a .rar or other compressed type. Or as I suspect here, you are downloading an html file that auto-redirects to the zip file.
    • Solution – Gotta find a correct archive to use this code.

  2. The archive is corrupt.

    • Solution – The archive will need repairing.

  3. There is more than 1 part to the archive.

    • A multi part zip file.
    • Solution – Read in all the files before decompression.

  4. As @ElliotSchmelliot notes in comments, the file may be hidden or have extended characters in the name.

    • Solution – Check your file attributes/permissions and verify the file name.

Opening the file with your favorite zip/unzip utility (7-zip, winzip, etc) will tell which of these it could be.

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