Standard library

gzip

gzip compress and decompress.

Introduction

gzip compress and decompress. Import std/compress/gzip to bind the module as gzip. Call free functions as gzip.name(...). Struct methods use a receiver value.

/ std/compress/gzip

This page is the package reference for std/compress/gzip. Private helpers used only by co-located tests are not listed.

Functions

Free functions on gzip. Each function has a short description, an example, then parameters and return shape.

compress

Compresses input to gzip bytes. Call form: gzip.compress(data).

/ std/compress/gzip

$ c = gzip.compress(b"hello")

Parameters: data: bytes or text to compress. Returns: Gzip-compressed bytes.

decompress

Decompresses gzip bytes. Call form: gzip.decompress(data).

/ std/compress/gzip

$ p = gzip.decompress(c)

Parameters: data: gzip bytes. Returns: Decompressed bytes.