CompressionStream

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The CompressionStream interface of the Compression Streams API compresses a stream of data. It implements the same shape as a TransformStream, allowing it to be used in ReadableStream.pipeThrough() and similar methods.

Constructor

CompressionStream(): Creates a new CompressionStream.

Instance 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.

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

Specifications

Compression

See also