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+# IfcOpenShell - IFC toolkit and geometry engine
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Dion Moult <dion@thinkmoult.com>
+#
+# This file is part of IfcOpenShell.
+#
+# IfcOpenShell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# IfcOpenShell is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with IfcOpenShell.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import pytest
+import test.bootstrap
+import ifcopenshell.util.file as subject
+import tempfile
+import zipfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+HEADER_EXTRACTOR_TEST_FILE_STR = """
+ISO-10303-21;
+HEADER;
+FILE_DESCRIPTION(('ViewDefinition[DesignTransferView]'),'2;1');
+FILE_NAME('file.ifc','2024-06-25T15:48:10+05:00',(),(),'IfcOpenShell 0.0.0','BlenderBIM 0.0.999999-xxxxxxx','Nobody');
+FILE_SCHEMA(('IFC4X3_ADD2'));
+ENDSEC;
+DATA;
+#1=IFCPROJECT('1U7MoqHmr8YP6jwz0pc7e0',$,'My Project',$,$,$,$,(#14,#26),#9);
+ENDSEC;
+END-ISO-10303-21;
+"""
+
+
+class TestExtractHeaderMetadata(test.bootstrap.IFC4):
+    def check_metadata_fields(self, filepath: str) -> None:
+        extractor = subject.IfcHeaderExtractor(filepath)
+        header_info = extractor.extract()
+        assert header_info.get("description") == "ViewDefinition[DesignTransferView]"
+        assert header_info.get("implementation_level") == "2;1"
+        assert header_info.get("name") == "file.ifc"
+        assert header_info.get("time_stamp") == "2024-06-25T15:48:10+05:00"
+        assert header_info.get("schema_name") == "IFC4X3_ADD2"
+
+    def get_ifc_filepath(self) -> Path:
+        temp_dir = Path(tempfile.gettempdir())
+        filepath = temp_dir / "test.ifc"
+        with open(filepath, "w") as fo:
+            fo.write(HEADER_EXTRACTOR_TEST_FILE_STR)
+        return filepath
+
+    def test_ifc(self) -> None:
+        self.check_metadata_fields(str(self.get_ifc_filepath()))
+
+    def test_ifc_zip(self) -> None:
+        ifc_filepath = self.get_ifc_filepath()
+        zip_filepath = ifc_filepath.with_suffix(".ifczip")
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filepath, mode="w") as zf:
+            zf.write(str(ifc_filepath))
+        self.check_metadata_fields(str(zip_filepath))