isal_zlib_compress_decompress_bytes_quickstart.py

1import isal.isal_zlib as isal_zlib
2
3# Data to be compressed
4data = b"In the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded."
5
6# Compress data using isal_zlib (optimized Intel ISA-L implementation)
7compressed_data = isal_zlib.compress(data)
8
9# Decompress data
10decompressed_data = isal_zlib.decompress(compressed_data)
11
12# Verify results
13print(f"Original: {len(data)} bytes")
14print(f"Compressed: {len(compressed_data)} bytes")
15assert data == decompressed_data
16print("Success: Decompressed data matches original.")