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zlib_ng_basic_data_compression_and_decompression.py

python

Demonstrates basic data compression and decompression using the zlib-ng drop-in

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zlib_ng_basic_data_compression_and_decompression.py
1import zlib_ng
2
3# Data to be compressed
4data = b"This is some data that we want to compress using zlib-ng. " * 100
5
6# Compress the data
7# zlib_ng.compress provides the same API as the standard zlib.compress
8compressed_data = zlib_ng.compress(data, level=1)
9
10# Decompress the data
11decompressed_data = zlib_ng.decompress(compressed_data)
12
13# Verify the results
14print(f"Original size: {len(data)} bytes")
15print(f"Compressed size: {len(compressed_data)} bytes")
16assert data == decompressed_data
17print("Success: Decompressed data matches the original!")