Additional work on #798.

workbench

@@ -3485,6 +3485,22 @@ else:
         datefmt="%d-%b-%y %H:%M:%S",
     )
 
+ping_islandora(config, print_message=True)
+check_integration_module_version(config)
+
+validate_input_dir(config)
+
+# Unzip (and fetch if remote) input data zip archives.
+if len(config["input_data_zip_archives"]) > 0:
+    for input_data_zip_archive in config["input_data_zip_archives"]:
+        if input_data_zip_archive.lower().startswith("http"):
+            downloaded_zip_file_path = download_remote_archive_file(
+                config, input_data_zip_archive
+            )
+            unzip_archive(config, downloaded_zip_file_path)
+        else:
+            unzip_archive(config, input_data_zip_archive)
+
 if "check" in config.keys():
     tasks_to_skip = ["create_from_files", "get_data_from_view"]
     if config["check"] is False and config["task"] not in tasks_to_skip:
@@ -3520,22 +3536,6 @@ if (
 ):
     get_csv_from_excel(config)
 
-validate_input_dir(config)
-
-ping_islandora(config, print_message=True)
-check_integration_module_version(config)
-
-# Unzip (and fetch if remote) input data zip archives.
-if config["check"] is False and len(config["input_data_zip_archives"]) > 0:
-    for input_data_zip_archive in config["input_data_zip_archives"]:
-        if input_data_zip_archive.lower().startswith("http"):
-            downloaded_zip_file_path = download_remote_archive_file(
-                config, input_data_zip_archive
-            )
-            unzip_archive(config, downloaded_zip_file_path)
-        else:
-            unzip_archive(config, input_data_zip_archive)
-
 if config["enable_http_cache"] is True:
     if config["http_cache_storage"] == "sqlite" and os.path.exists("http_cache.sqlite"):
         logging.info('Cleared HTTP cache file "http_cache.sqlite".')