Compress data over a Stream using the snappy framing format
npm install snappy-streamCompress data over a Stream using the snappy framing format
``
npm install snappy-stream
snappy is notably faster than gzip (as can be seen in benchmarks).
snappy-stream however is only _slightly_ faster than gzip, because of the overhead of creating a Stream to begin with.
This is the result I'm seeing on my laptop (Macbook Air from 2012) running node benchmark (for now only testing compression)
`
passthrough stream (no compression) x 644 ops/sec ±0.90% (84 runs sampled)
zlib.createGzip() x 667 ops/sec ±0.50% (89 runs sampled)
snappyStream.createCompressStream() x 690 ops/sec ±0.89% (86 runs sampled)
`javascript
var snappyStream = require('snappy-stream')
, compressStream = snappyStream.createCompressStream()
, uncompressStream = snappyStream.createUncompressStream({
asBuffer: false // optional option, asBuffer = false means that the stream emits strings, default: true
})
compressStream.on('data', function (chunk) {
console.log('Som data from the compressed stream', chunk)
uncompressStream.write(chunk)
})
uncompressStream.on('data', function (chunk) {
console.log('The data that was originally written')
console.log(chunk)
})
compressStream.write('hello')
compressStream.write('world')
compressStream.end()
`
`
Som data from the compressed stream
Som data from the compressed stream
The data that was originally written
hello
Som data from the compressed stream
The data that was originally written
world
The tests are using the https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-snappy library, so you need to install that first for it to work:
`
[sudo] pip install python-snappy
You also need to install the snappy library on your machine, using your favourite package manager (e.g. sudo apt-get install libsnappy-dev or brew install snappy`).
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