python_snappy_string_compression_decompression_quickstart.py

1import snappy
2
3# Data to be compressed
4data = b"This is a test string to be compressed by snappy."
5
6# Compress the data
7compressed = snappy.compress(data)
8
9# Decompress the data
10uncompressed = snappy.decompress(compressed)
11
12# Verify the result
13assert data == uncompressed
14print(f"Original size: {len(data)}")
15print(f"Compressed size: {len(compressed)}")
16print(f"Successfully decompressed: {uncompressed.decode()}")