DecompressionStream: DecompressionStream() constructor
Baseline 2023
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The DecompressionStream() constructor creates a new DecompressionStream object which decompresses a stream of data.
Syntax
new DecompressionStream(format)
Parameters
format-
One of the following compression formats:
"gzip"-
Decompress the stream using the GZIP format.
"deflate"-
Decompress the stream using the DEFLATE algorithm in ZLIB Compressed Data Format. The ZLIB format includes a header with information about the compression method and the uncompressed size of the data, and a trailing checksum for verifying the integrity of the data
"deflate-raw"-
Decompress the stream using the DEFLATE algorithm without a header and trailing checksum.
Exceptions
TypeError-
Thrown if the format passed to the constructor is not supported.
Examples
In this example a gzip-compressed blob is decompressed.
const ds = new DecompressionStream("gzip");
const decompressedStream = blob.stream().pipeThrough(ds);
Specifications
| Specification |
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| Compression Streams # dom-decompressionstream-decompressionstream |
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