Extract Archive

Unpack a zip, tar.gz, or rar archive stored in GCS into individual files.

When to use

• Unzip user uploads before processing individual files in a pipeline.
• Extract assets from a downloaded archive for further transformation.
• Decompress tar.gz artefacts from CI/CD or build systems.

Inputs & outputs

Input modality	Archive file (URL)
Output modality	Extracted files (GCS directory URL)
Supported formats	zip, tar.gz, rar
Max archive size	10 GB
Max extracted size	50 GB

Parameters

Param	Required	Description
format	yes	Archive format — zip, tar.gz, or rar

Examples

Unzip a user-uploaded bundle

{
  "type": "archive.unpack",
  "input": { "archive_url": "gs://infery-prod-media/uploads/bundle.zip" },
  "params": { "format": "zip" }
}

Extract a tar.gz release archive

{
  "type": "archive.unpack",
  "input": { "archive_url": "gs://infery-prod-media/releases/v1.0.tar.gz" },
  "params": { "format": "tar.gz" }
}

Pricing

Billed per GB of extracted output. See pricing dashboard for current rates.

Related capabilities

• archive.pack — create a new archive from files

{
  "format": "zip"
}