Capy-Bearer Documentation

gz_compress

host call

Capy

function gz_compress(source : string) string

Description

gz_compress() compresses a string with gzip.

The result contains binary data. Pass it to gz_uncompress() to restore the source.

Parameters

source : uncompressed bytes

Return Values

Gzip-compressed bytes as a string.

Example

Capy

var source := "archive data"
var packed := gz_compress(source)
print(gz_uncompress(packed), "\n")