tarfile.TarFile.extract()

TarFile.extract(member, path="", set_attrs=True, *, numeric_owner=False)

Extract a member from the archive to the current working directory, using its full name. Its file information is extracted as accurately as possible. member may be a filename or a TarInfo object. You can specify a different directory using path. File attributes (owner, mtime, mode) are set unless set_attrs is false.

If numeric_owner is True, the uid and gid numbers from the tarfile are used to set the owner/group for the extracted files. Otherwise, the named values from the tarfile are used.