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lsamarahan
lsamarahan

Reputation: 149

zstd compressobj() not working in python 0.8.1?

Still very new to use this python module, zstd 0.8.1. I did a test run on the following, 

import zstd

cctx = zstd.ZstdCompressor()
zstd_data = cctx.compress(b'aaaaa')
len(zstd_data)
Out[34]: 14  #this is my output

However when i did, 

cobj = cctx.compressobj()
zstd_data = cobj.compress(b'aaaaa')
len(zstd_data)
Out[39]: 0  #why the length is 0?

What is my mistakes?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 638

Answers (1)

Eamonn Nugent
Eamonn Nugent

Reputation: 68

I know this has been a while, but figured I'd answer for anybody that sees this page on Google.

It looks like you're using the python-zstandard library (https://github.com/indygreg/python-zstandard/issues). It is important to note that in the examples, the last line for the ZstdCompressor object demos use zstd_data = cobj.flush(). After you add that line, it should work.

Or, if you prefer the simple API:

cctx = zstd.ZstdCompressor()
compressed = cctx.compress(b'data to compress')

Your second example did not include the flush() step, which is required for compressobj()

Upvotes: 2

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