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compressed_rtf_library_decompress_binary_stream_quickstart.py
pythonDecompress a binary Compressed RTF stream into a readable RTF string.
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compressed_rtf_library_decompress_binary_stream_quickstart.py
1import compressed_rtf
2
3# Example compressed RTF data (binary)
4# In a real scenario, this would be the 'PidTagRtfCompressed' property from an MSG file
5compressed_data = b'\x16\x00\x00\x00\x0c\x00\x00\x00LZFu\x00\x00\x00\x00'
6
7# Decompress the data
8decompressed_data = compressed_rtf.decompress(compressed_data)
9
10# The result is a byte string which can be decoded to a string
11print(decompressed_data.decode('utf-8'))
12
13# To compress RTF data back:
14# rtf_data = b'{\\rtf1\\ansi\\deff0{\\fonttbl{\\f0 Arial;}}Hello World}'
15# compressed = compressed_rtf.compress(rtf_data)