def extract_zip(zip_name, exclude_term=None):
    """Extracts a zip file to its containing directory."""

    zip_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(zip_name))

    try:
        with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_name) as z:

            # write each zipped file out if it isn't a directory
            files = [zip_file for zip_file in z.namelist() if not zip_file.endswith('/')]

            print('Extracting %i files from %r.' % (len(files), zip_name))
            for zip_file in files:

                # remove any provided extra directory term from zip file
                if exclude_term:
                    dest_file = zip_file.replace(exclude_term, '')
                else:
                    dest_file = zip_file

                dest_file = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(zip_dir, dest_file))
                dest_dir = os.path.dirname(dest_file)

                # make directory if it does not exist
                if not os.path.isdir(dest_dir):
                    os.makedirs(dest_dir)

                # read file from zip, then write to new directory
                data = z.read(zip_file)
                with open(dest_file, 'wb') as f:
                    f.write(encode_utf8(data))

    except zipfile.error as e:
        print("Bad zipfile (%r): %s" % (zip_name, e))
        raise e
Extracts a zip file to its containing directory.