oasislmf.utils.compress

Attributes

CHUNK_SIZE

Functions

compress_string(→ bytes)	Compresses strings using the zlib library.
decompress_string(→ str)	Decompresses zlib-compressed strings

Module Contents

oasislmf.utils.compress.CHUNK_SIZE = 500000000

oasislmf.utils.compress.compress_string(st: str) → bytes

Compresses strings using the zlib library.

Adapted from a StackOverflow.com solution by Dmitry Skryabin

https://stackoverflow.com/a/36056646/7556955

with a modification to set block/chunk size to 500 Mb (5 x 10^8 bytes).

Parameters:

s (str) – Input string to be compressed

Returns:

Compressed string as bytes

Return type:

bytes

oasislmf.utils.compress.decompress_string(bt: bytes) → str

Decompresses zlib-compressed strings

Parameters:

bt (bytes) – zlib-compressed string

Returns:

Decompressed (Unicode) string

Return type:

str