How to Automatically Extract Every Archive in a Folder with Python

import zipfile
import rarfile
import py7zr
import pathlib

def extract_archives(folder: str):
    """Extract every ZIP, RAR, and 7Z archive in the given folder."""
    folder_path = pathlib.Path(folder)
    for archive_file in folder_path.iterdir():
        suffix = archive_file.suffix.lower()
        try:
            if suffix == ".zip":
                with zipfile.ZipFile(archive_file, 'r') as zf:
                    zf.extractall(path=folder_path / archive_file.stem)
                print(f"Extracted {archive_file.name}")
            elif suffix == ".rar":
                with rarfile.RarFile(archive_file, 'r') as rf:
                    rf.extractall(path=folder_path / archive_file.stem)
                print(f"Extracted {archive_file.name}")
            elif suffix == ".7z":
                with py7zr.SevenZipFile(archive_file, 'r') as sz:
                    sz.extractall(path=folder_path / archive_file.stem)
                print(f"Extracted {archive_file.name}")
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Failed to extract {archive_file.name}: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Example usage: extract archives from the current directory
    import sys
    target_folder = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "."
    extract_archives(target_folder)