compress and decompress bzip2 buffers in node and browser
npm install bzip2-wasm(de)compress buffers in node and browser using wasm-compiled
bzip2.
$ npm install bzip2-wasm
javascript
import BZip2 from "wasm-bzip2";
import fs from 'fs';const bzip2 = new BZip2();
await bzip2.init();
const licenseText = fs.readFileSync('./LICENSE');
console.log('original length:', licenseText.length);
const compressed = bzip2.compress(licenseText);
console.log('compressed length:', compressed.length);
const decompressed = bzip2.decompress(compressed, licenseText.length);
console.log('decompressed length:', decompressed.length);
`api
$3
$3
fetch and load the wasm. required for following methods.$3
compress an array of bytes.decompressed should be array-like
(TypedArray
or regular) of bytes.blockSize should be a Number between 1-9 to determine block size (multiplied
by 100k). default is 5 (500k).compressedLength should be a Number that is at least large or larger
than the resulting compressed data. default is decompressed.length.Uint8Array
of compressed data.$3
decompress a compressed array of bytes.compressed should be array-like
(TypedArray
or regular) of bytes.decompressedLength should be a Number that is at least large or larger
than the resulting decompressed data.Uint8Array
of decompressed data.license
This program, "bzip2", the associated library "libbzip2", and all
documentation, are copyright (C) 1996-2019 Julian R Seward. All
rights reserved.Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must
not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this
software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product
documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
3. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must
not be misrepresented as being the original software.
4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote
products derived from this software without specific prior written
permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR
`AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSJulian Seward, jseward@acm.org
bzip2/libbzip2 version 1.0.8 of 13 July 2019