lz-object - lzObject - compress the size of object values

Using the lz-string library I wrote a program to traverse nested levels of a javascript object and compress the property values to optimize storage.

Output argument:

- "utf16" : produces "valid" UTF-16 strings in the sense that all browsers can store them safely. So they can be stored in localStorage on all browsers tested (IE9-10, Firefox, Android, Chrome, Safari).

- "uri" produces ASCII strings representing the original string encoded in Base64 with a few tweaks to make these URI safe. Hence, you can send them to the server without thinking about URL encoding them. This saves bandwidth and CPU.

- "base64" : produces ASCII UTF-16 strings representing the original string encoded in Base64. Can be decompressed with decompressFromBase64. This works by using only 6bits of storage per character.

- "uint8array": produces an indexed object of the array converted from a Uint8Array. I specifically did it this way because of my work with GUN. The database cannot store arrays so converting to an indexed object met a personal need. Converting it back to Uint8Array is simple enough so I may update. I have no need to do so now. *Property names are compressed to utf-16.

Usage

``terminal
yarn add lz-object
`

import lzObject

`javascript
import { lzObject } from "lz-object";

OR

let { lzObject } = require("lz-object");

`

The uncompressed object is the first argument and the second argument is the output option. Decompress method works the same way.

`javascript

let compressedUtf16 = lzObject.compress(dummyObject, { output: "utf16" });
// console.log(compressedUtf16)

let compressedUri = lzObject.compress(dummyObject, { output: "uri" });
// console.log(compressedUri)
let compressedB64 = lzObject.compress(dummyObject, { output: "base64" });
// console.log(compressedB64)
let compreddUint8 = lzObject.compress(dummyObject, { output: "uint8array" });
// console.log(compreddUint8)

`

$3

`javascript
COMPRESSED
encoded uri component
{
key: 'MYFwTgNg1AzgFgSwGYimABKSUCmQ',
command: 'KYEwlgLg9gTgdAQwMYTFAdnJUTAIIprpA',
args: { kind: 'E4UwZghgxgLg9sAdCAHjY0aLAVwHawCWceQA' },
src: 'OYRwSgggag1A9AdgBJICYwMwDsAKA3AZwAYsArLAcQBYYAZAVQGsid6BFAGwjwFcAvAC4A2AgDEA9nhAApAExDUGAOpA',
textarea: 'Q',
title: 'BYSwVgNg1gtgdgewA5A',
_: {
'#': 'HISQUgigLgggmgcwFoILYKA',
'>': {
textarea: 'IwNgLAnAHATAzAViXEUg',
src: 'IwNgLAnAHATAzAViXEUg',
title: 'IwNgLAnAHATAzAViXEUg'
}
}
}
uint8array indexed into object
{
key: {
'0': 49,
'1': 129,
'2': 112,
'3': 78,
'4': 3,
'5': 96,
'6': 212,
'7': 12,
'8': 224,
'9': 22,
'10': 4,
'11': 176,
'12': 25,
'13': 136,
'14': 166,
'15': 0,
'16': 18,
'17': 146,
'18': 80,
'19': 41,
'20': 144,
'21': 0
},
command: {
'0': 41,
'1': 129,
'2': 48,
'3': 150,
'4': 2,
'5': 224,
'6': 246,
'7': 4,
'8': 224,
'9': 116,
'10': 4,
'11': 48,
'12': 49,
'13': 132,
'14': 197,
'15': 1,
'16': 217,
'17': 201,
'18': 81,
'19': 48,
'20': 8,
'21': 34,
'22': 154,
'23': 233,
'24': 0,
'25': 0
},
args: {
kind: {
'0': 19,
'1': 133,
'2': 48,
'3': 102,
'4': 8,
'5': 96,
'6': 198,
'7': 2,
'8': 224,
'9': 246,
'10': 192,
'11': 29,
'12': 8,
'13': 1,
'14': 227,
'15': 99,
'16': 70,
'17': 139,
'18': 1,
'19': 92,
'20': 7,
'21': 107,
'22': 0,
'23': 150,
'24': 113,
'25': 228,
'26': 0,
'27': 0
}
},
src: {
'0': 57,
'1': 132,
'2': 112,
'3': 74,
'4': 8,
'5': 32,
'6': 106,
'7': 13,
'8': 64,
'9': 244,
'10': 7,
'11': 96,
'12': 4,
'13': 146,
'14': 2,
'15': 99,
'16': 3,
'17': 48,
'18': 14,
'19': 192,
'20': 10,
'21': 3,
'22': 112,
'23': 25,
'24': 192,
'25': 6,
'26': 44,
'27': 2,
'28': 178,
'29': 192,
'30': 113,
'31': 0,
'32': 88,
'33': 96,
'34': 6,
'35': 64,
'36': 85,
'37': 1,
'38': 172,
'39': 137,
'40': 222,
'41': 129,
'42': 20,
'43': 1,
'44': 176,
'45': 143,
'46': 1,
'47': 92,
'48': 2,
'49': 240,
'50': 2,
'51': 224,
'52': 13,
'53': 128,
'54': 128,
'55': 49,
'56': 0,
'57': 246,
'58': 120,
'59': 64,
'60': 2,
'61': 144,
'62': 4,
'63': 196,
'64': 53,
'65': 6,
'66': 0,
'67': 234,
'68': 64,
'69': 0
},
textarea: { '0': 64, '1': 0 },
title: {
'0': 5,
'1': 132,
'2': 176,
'3': 86,
'4': 3,
'5': 96,
'6': 214,
'7': 11,
'8': 96,
'9': 118,
'10': 7,
'11': 176,
'12': 3,
'13': 144
},
_: {
'#': {
'0': 28,
'1': 132,
'2': 144,
'3': 82,
'4': 8,
'5': 160,
'6': 46,
'7': 8,
'8': 32,
'9': 154,
'10': 7,
'11': 48,
'12': 22,
'13': 130,
'14': 11,
'15': 96,
'16': 160,
'17': 0
},
'>': { textarea: [Object], src: [Object], title: [Object] }
}
}
utf16
{
key: 'ᣠ尳䂌ൠ朠堲恓ࣆ)⒴Ւ ',
command: 'ᓠ䱅䁼ྀ✣倰悃ӥČ牴☡ɉ坨 ',
args: { kind: 'ৢ䰹䄬ಀᜧ嬠㨰ȃ㇃⋠⮠盐ӓ䞰 ' },
src: '᳢ᰲ䄤ۀ樧倽䀩ሢㆡ䰣堡⁗î8堥㋠㢠ᘸèհ඄➚Ɉǐ䞠圠帠⸠氤äȌ硠Ũőۀ怮删 ',
textarea: '† ',
title: 'ˢⰵ䂌඀嬣堾性ဠ ',
_: {
'#': '๢␴䄴̀䄤格恍ȫば ',
'>': { textarea: 'ᆡ堫ŘǠ☦〵䓘䕀 ', src: 'ᆡ堫ŘǠ☦〵䓘䕀 ', title: 'ᆡ堫ŘǠ☦〵䓘䕀 ' }
}
}
base64
{
key: 'MYFwTgNg1AzgFgSwGYimABKSUCmQ',
command: 'KYEwlgLg9gTgdAQwMYTFAdnJUTAIIprpA===',
args: { kind: 'E4UwZghgxgLg9sAdCAHjY0aLAVwHawCWceQA' },
src: 'OYRwSgggag1A9AdgBJICYwMwDsAKA3AZwAYsArLAcQBYYAZAVQGsid6BFAGwjwFcAvAC4A2AgDEA9nhAApAExDUGAOpA',
textarea: 'Q===',
title: 'BYSwVgNg1gtgdgewA5A=',
_: {
'#': 'HISQUgigLgggmgcwFoILYKA=',
'>': {
textarea: 'IwNgLAnAHATAzAViXEUg',
src: 'IwNgLAnAHATAzAViXEUg',
title: 'IwNgLAnAHATAzAViXEUg'
}
}
}

`

`javascript
// console.log("*")

let decompUri = lzObject.decompress(compressedUri, { output: "uri" });
// console.log(decompUri);
let decompB64 = lzObject.decompress(compressedB64, { output: "base64" });
// console.log(decompB64);
let decompUint8 = lzObject.decompress(compreddUint8, { output: "uint8array" });
// console.log(decompUint8);
let decompUtf16 = lzObject.decompress(compressedUtf16, { output: "utf16" });
// console.log(decompUtf16);

`

$3

`javascript
*
DECOMPRESSED
encoded uri component
{
key: 'ctrl+shift+r ctrl+e',
command: true,
args: { kind: 'refactor.extract.function' },
src: 'gqRAV+/7HHd+3nPvs0njnG4+LUk0PUQlAvuzt6sFovqJ26d3W',
textarea: '',
title: 'hijlkmnop',
_: {
'#': 'NIJQtAYgZgmg',
'>': {
textarea: 1649823555368,
src: 1649823555368,
title: 1649823555368
}
}
}
base64
{
key: 'ctrl+shift+r ctrl+e',
command: true,
args: { kind: 'refactor.extract.function' },
src: 'gqRAV+/7HHd+3nPvs0njnG4+LUk0PUQlAvuzt6sFovqJ26d3W',
textarea: '',
title: 'hijlkmnop',
_: {
'#': 'NIJQtAYgZgmg',
'>': {
textarea: 1649823555368,
src: 1649823555368,
title: 1649823555368
}
}
}
uint8array
{
key: 'ctrl+shift+r ctrl+e',
command: true,
args: { kind: 'refactor.extract.function' },
src: 'gqRAV+/7HHd+3nPvs0njnG4+LUk0PUQlAvuzt6sFovqJ26d3W',
textarea: '',
title: 'hijlkmnop',
_: {
'#': 'NIJQtAYgZgmg',
'>': {
textarea: 1649823555368,
src: 1649823555368,
title: 1649823555368
}
}
}
utf16
{
key: 'ctrl+shift+r ctrl+e',
command: true,
args: { kind: 'refactor.extract.function' },
src: 'gqRAV+/7HHd+3nPvs0njnG4+LUk0PUQlAvuzt6sFovqJ26d3W',
textarea: '',
title: 'hijlkmnop',
_: {
'#': 'NIJQtAYgZgmg',
'>': {
textarea: 1649823555368,
src: 1649823555368,
title: 1649823555368
}
}
}

``