gzbz

Streaming gzip (zlib) and bzip2 (bzlib).

npm install gzbz

Examples

bzip.init
- encoding (the output encoding, undefined/null means Buffers)
- level [1-9], 1 fastest (least memory), 9 slowest (most memory), default = 1
- workfactor [0-250], read libbz2 docs, default = 30
bunzip.init
- encoding (the output encoding, undefined/null means Buffers)
- small (boolean[false]) deflate in slow but small memory mode, default = false
inflate accepts a buffer or binary string[+encoding[default = 'binary']], output will be a buffer or a string encoded according to init options
deflate accepts a buffer or string[+encoding[default = 'utf8']], output will be a buffer or a string encoded according to init options

Gzip example

var gzbz = require("gzbz");

var gzip = new gzbz.Gzip();
gzip.init({encoding: 'binary', level: 5}); // 0 < level < 9

// Pump data to be compressed
var gzdata1 = gzip.deflate("My data that needs ", "ascii");
sys.puts("Compressed size : "+gzdata1.length);

// treat string as binary encoded
var gzdata2 = gzip.deflate("to be compressed. 01234567890.");
sys.puts("Compressed size : "+gzdata2.length);

var gzdata3 = gzip.end(); // important to capture end data
sys.puts("Last bit : "+gzdata3.length);

// Normally stream this out as its generated, but just print here
var gzdata = gzdata1+gzdata2+gzdata3;
sys.puts("Total compressed size : "+gzdata.length);

Gunzip example

var gzbz = require("gzbz");
var sys = require("sys");
var fs = require("fs");

var gunzip = new gzbz.Gunzip;
gunzip.init({encoding: "utf8"});

var gzdata = fs.readFileSync("somefile.gz", "binary");
var inflated = gunzip.inflate(testdata, "binary");
gunzip.end(); // returns nothing

Prerequisites:

The zlib and bzlib libraries must be installed normally, i.e., /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib. If the build process fails, you'll most likely need to change the include_dirs setting in binding.gyp.

Credits:

node-gzbz2, a.k.a., woody.anderson@gmail.com.
- Big thanks for the compress.cc code!
wave.to/node-compress.
- Credited by node-gzbz2.