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cramjam_unified_compression_api_snappy_zstd_gzip.py

python

This quickstart demonstrates how to compress and decompress data using various a

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cramjam_unified_compression_api_snappy_zstd_gzip.py
1import cramjam
2
3data = b"some data to compress"
4
5# Each algorithm (snappy, zstd, lz4, gzip, brotli, bzip2, xz) 
6# has a `compress` and `decompress` function.
7compressed = cramjam.snappy.compress(data)
8decompressed = cramjam.snappy.decompress(compressed)
9
10assert decompressed == data
11
12# You can also use the generic API
13compressed = cramjam.compress(data, "snappy")
14decompressed = cramjam.decompress(compressed, "snappy")
15
16assert decompressed == data