deflate 0.5.0

Python wrapper for libdeflate.

deflate API

This is a very thin Python wrapper Eric Biggers' excellent libdeflate.

Currently, it only handles:

compression and decompression of gzip data, with a very basic API

import deflate
level = 6  # The default; may be 1-12 for libdeflate.
compressed = deflate.gzip_compress(b"hello world!" * 1000, level)
original = deflate.gzip_decompress(compressed)

compression and decompression of raw DEFLATE data

The size of the decompressed file needs to be kept through additional logic. Ditto for checksums.

import deflate
level = 6  # The default; may be 1-12 for libdeflate.
data = b"hello world!" * 1000
compressed = deflate.deflate_compress(data, level)
original = deflate.deflate_decompress(compressed, len(data))

crc32 computation

import deflate
crc32 = deflate.crc32(b"hello world! ")  # initial
crc32 = deflate.crc32(b"hello universe!", crc32)  # continued

adler32 computation

import deflate
adler32 = deflate.adler32(b"hello world! ")  # initial
adler32 = deflate.adler32(b"hello universe!", adler32)  # continued

Installation

Installing deflate will either link to or compile libdeflate, depending on the following:

1. If a LIBDEFLATE_PREFIX environment variable is set, it will always be used to look for a system-installed libdeflate.
2. If the pkgconfig package is installed, it will be used to automatically find (and link to) a system-installed libdeflate if available.
3. Falls back to compiling the bundled libdeflate code. This behavior can be triggered manually by setting USE_BUNDLED_DEFLATE=1.

export USE_BUNDLED_DEFLATE=no  # default is no
export LIBDEFLATE_PREFIX=/path/to/lib/deflate  # default: no path given
pip install pkgconfig  # optional, you also need pkg-config cli tool
pip install deflate

Testing

pip install pytest
pip install pytest-benchmark
pytest