CompressionStream
Baseline 2023Newly available
Since May 2023, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The CompressionStream
interface of the Compression Streams API is an API for compressing a stream of data.
Constructor
CompressionStream()
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Creates a new
CompressionStream
Instance properties
CompressionStream.readable
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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.
js
const compressedReadableStream = inputReadableStream.pipeThrough(
new CompressionStream("gzip"),
);
Specifications
Specification |
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Compression # compression-stream |
Browser compatibility
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CompressionStream | ||||||||||||||
CompressionStream() constructor | ||||||||||||||
"deflate" compression | ||||||||||||||
"deflate-raw" compression | ||||||||||||||
"gzip" compression | ||||||||||||||
readable | ||||||||||||||
writable |
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