Extract Package (Data Management)

Summary

Extracts the contents of a package to a specified folder. The output folder will be updated with the extracted contents of the input package.

Usage

• Supported package types include:

  • GeoprocessingPackages (.gpk)
  • Layer Packages (.lpk)
  • Map Packages (.mpk)
  • Locator Packages (.gcpk)
  • Tile Packages (.tpk)

• The output folder can be a new folder or an existing folder. When extracting to an existing folder, the contents of the package will be appended to existing files and folders. If the output folder already contains the extracted contents of the package, the existing contents will be overwritten.

Syntax

ExtractPackage_management (in_package, output_folder)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_package	The input package that will be extracted.	File
output_folder	The output folder to contain the contents of the package.	Folder

Code Sample

ExtractPackage example 1 (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the ExtractPackage tool.

arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/arcgis/ArcTutor/Getting_Started/Greenvalley" 
arcpy.ExtractPackage_management('WaterUsePackage.lpk', 'C:/My_Data/Packages/WaterUse_unpacked')

ExtractPackage example 2 (stand-alone script)

Find all Geoprocesssing Packages within a specified folder and use the ExtractPackage tool to extract contents to specified folder.

# Name: ExtractPackage.py
# Description: Find Geoprocesssing Packages within a specified folder and extract contents.

import arcpy
import os

from arcpy import env

env.overwriteOutput = True
# set folder that contains packages to extract
env.workspace = "C:/geoprocessing/gpks" 
wrksp = env.workspace

for gpk in arcpy.ListFiles("*.gpk"):
    print "Extracting... " + gpk
    arcpy.ExtractPackage_management(gpk, os.path.splitext(gpk)[0])
print "done"

Environments

Current Workspace

Licensing Information

ArcGIS for Desktop Basic: Yes

ArcGIS for Desktop Standard: Yes

ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced: Yes