zstandard_basic_compress_decompress_quickstart.py

1import zstandard as zstd
2
3# Original data
4data = b"Hello world! This is a simple quickstart for zstd."
5
6# Create a compression context
7cctx = zstd.ZstdCompressor()
8
9# Compress the data
10compressed = cctx.compress(data)
11print(f"Compressed size: {len(compressed)}")
12
13# Create a decompression context
14dctx = zstd.ZstdDecompressor()
15
16# Decompress the data
17decompressed = dctx.decompress(compressed)
18print(f"Decompressed data: {decompressed.decode('utf-8')}")
19
20# Verify the result
21assert data == decompressed