Standard library

nox.gzip

Compress and decompress gzip data (RFC 1952).

Text

import nox.gzip
from nox.gzip import GzipError

Capability: none.

Functions#

Function	Description
`compress(text)`	gzips the UTF-8 bytes of `text`; returns the compressed bytes as a `list[int]` (values 0–255)
`decompress(data)`	gunzips to a `str`; raises `GzipError` for corrupt or non-gzip input
`compress_bytes(data)`	gzips a `list[int]` of byte values
`decompress_bytes(data)`	gunzips to a `list[int]`

Bytes are represented as list[int] here. For fixed-size binary work see nox.buffer.

Nox

import nox.gzip
from nox.gzip import GzipError

c: list[int] = nox.gzip.compress("hello hello hello hello")
print(len(c) > 0, nox.gzip.decompress(c))
print(nox.gzip.decompress_bytes(nox.gzip.compress_bytes([1, 2, 3, 4])))
try:
    nox.gzip.decompress([1, 2, 3])
except GzipError as e:
    print("not gzip")

Output

True hello hello hello hello
[1, 2, 3, 4]
not gzip

Notes#

nox.http decompresses gzip and deflate response bodies automatically; use this module for your own data.
Whole inputs are processed in memory.

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