kombu.compression

Compression utilities.

Encoding/decoding

kombu.compression.compress(body, content_type)

Compress text.

Parameters:

• body – The text to compress.
• content_type – mime-type of compression method to use.

kombu.compression.decompress(body, content_type)

Decompress compressed text.

Parameters:

• body – Previously compressed text to uncompress.
• content_type – mime-type of compression method used.

Registry

kombu.compression.encoders()

Return a list of available compression methods.

kombu.compression.get_encoder(t)

Get encoder by alias name.

kombu.compression.get_decoder(t)

Get decoder by alias name.

kombu.compression.register(encoder, decoder, content_type, aliases=[])

Register new compression method.

Parameters:

• encoder – Function used to compress text.
• decoder – Function used to decompress previously compressed text.
• content_type – The mime type this compression method identifies as.
• aliases – A list of names to associate with this compression method.