https://proglib.io/w/52991f4e
https://khalidabuhakmeh.com/compress-strings-with-dotnet-and-csharp
var value = "hello world";
var level = CompressionLevel.Fastest;
var bytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(value);
await using var input = new MemoryStream(bytes);
await using var output = new MemoryStream();
// GZipStream with BrotliStream
await using var stream = new GZipStream(output, level);
await input.CopyToAsync(stream);
var result = output.ToArray();
var resultString = Convert.ToBase64String(result);
public static class Compression
{
public static async Task<CompressionResult> ToGzipAsync(this string value, CompressionLevel level = CompressionLevel.Fastest)
{
var bytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(value);
await using var input = new MemoryStream(bytes);
await using var output = new MemoryStream();
await using var stream = new GZipStream(output, level);
await input.CopyToAsync(stream);
var result = output.ToArray();
return new CompressionResult(
new CompressionValue(value, bytes.Length),
new CompressionValue(Convert.ToBase64String(result), result.Length),
level,
"Gzip");
}
public static async Task<CompressionResult> ToBrotliAsync(this string value, CompressionLevel level = CompressionLevel.Fastest)
{
var bytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(value);
await using var input = new MemoryStream(bytes);
await using var output = new MemoryStream();
await using var stream = new BrotliStream(output, level);
await input.CopyToAsync(stream);
await stream.FlushAsync();
var result = output.ToArray();
return new CompressionResult(
new CompressionValue(value, bytes.Length),
new CompressionValue(Convert.ToBase64String(result), result.Length),
level,
"Brotli"
);
}
public static async Task<string> FromGzipAsync(this string value)
{
var bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(value);
await using var input = new MemoryStream(bytes);
await using var output = new MemoryStream();
await using var stream = new GZipStream(input, CompressionMode.Decompress);
await stream.CopyToAsync(output);
await stream.FlushAsync();
return Encoding.Unicode.GetString(output.ToArray());
}
public static async Task<string> FromBrotliAsync(this string value)
{
var bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(value);
await using var input = new MemoryStream(bytes);
await using var output = new MemoryStream();
await using var stream = new BrotliStream(input, CompressionMode.Decompress);
await stream.CopyToAsync(output);
return Encoding.Unicode.GetString(output.ToArray());
}
}
public record CompressionResult(
CompressionValue Original,
CompressionValue Result,
CompressionLevel Level,
string Kind
)
{
public int Difference =>
Original.Size - Result.Size;
public decimal Percent =>
Math.Abs(Difference / (decimal) Original.Size);
}
public record CompressionValue(
string Value,
int Size
);
var comedyOfErrors = await File.ReadAllTextAsync("the-comedy-of-errors.txt");
var compressions = new[]
{
await comedyOfErrors.ToGzipAsync(),
await comedyOfErrors.ToBrotliAsync()
};
var table = new Table()
.MarkdownBorder()
.Title("compression in bytes")
.ShowHeaders()
.AddColumns("kind", "level", "before", "after", "difference", "% reduction");
foreach (var result in compressions)
{
table
.AddRow(
result.Kind,
result.Level.ToString(),
result.Original.Size.ToString("N0"),
result.Result.Size.ToString("N0"),
result.Difference.ToString("N0"),
result.Percent.ToString("P")
);
}
AnsiConsole.Render(table);