CompressionStream

The CompressionStream interface of the Compression Streams API is an API for compressing a stream of data.

Constructor

CompressionStream.CompressionStream()

Creates a new CompressionStream

Properties

CompressionStream.readable

Returns the ReadableStream instance controlled by this object.

CompressionStream.writable

Returns the WritableStream instance controlled by this object.

Examples

In this example a stream is compressed using gzip compression.

const compressedReadableStream = inputReadableStream.pipeThrough(new CompressionStream('gzip'));

Specifications

Specification
Compression Streams
# compression-stream

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CompressionStream