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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">bz2.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">open</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">filename</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">mode</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'rb'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compresslevel</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">9</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">errors</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">newline</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.open" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Open a bzip2-compressed file in binary or text mode, returning a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file
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<p>As with the constructor for <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2File" title="bz2.BZ2File"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2File</span></code></a>, the <em>filename</em> argument can be
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<p>The <em>mode</em> argument can be any of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'r'</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'rb'</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'w'</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'wb'</span></code>,
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<p>The <em>compresslevel</em> argument is an integer from 1 to 9, as for the
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<p>For binary mode, this function is equivalent to the <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2File" title="bz2.BZ2File"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2File</span></code></a>
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<p>For text mode, a <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2File" title="bz2.BZ2File"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2File</span></code></a> object is created, and wrapped in an
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<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">class</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">bz2.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">BZ2File</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">filename</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">mode</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'r'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="keyword-only-separator o"><abbr title="Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)"><span class="pre">*</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compresslevel</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">9</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2File" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Open a bzip2-compressed file in binary mode.</p>
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<p>If <em>filename</em> is a <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a> object, open the named file
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<p>The <em>mode</em> argument can be either <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'r'</span></code> for reading (default), <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'w'</span></code> for
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overwriting, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'x'</span></code> for exclusive creation, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'a'</span></code> for appending. These
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can equivalently be given as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'rb'</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'wb'</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'xb'</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'ab'</span></code>
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<p>If <em>filename</em> is a file object (rather than an actual file name), a mode of
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<p>If <em>mode</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'w'</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'a'</span></code>, <em>compresslevel</em> can be an integer between
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<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">9</span></code> specifying the level of compression: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> produces the
|
||
least compression, and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">9</span></code> (default) produces the most compression.</p>
|
||
<p>If <em>mode</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'r'</span></code>, the input file may be the concatenation of multiple
|
||
compressed streams.</p>
|
||
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2File" title="bz2.BZ2File"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2File</span></code></a> provides all of the members specified by the
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="io.html#io.BufferedIOBase" title="io.BufferedIOBase"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">io.BufferedIOBase</span></code></a>, except for <a class="reference internal" href="io.html#io.BufferedIOBase.detach" title="io.BufferedIOBase.detach"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">detach()</span></code></a>
|
||
and <a class="reference internal" href="io.html#io.IOBase.truncate" title="io.IOBase.truncate"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">truncate()</span></code></a>.
|
||
Iteration and the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#with"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">with</span></code></a> statement are supported.</p>
|
||
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2File" title="bz2.BZ2File"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2File</span></code></a> also provides the following methods and attributes:</p>
|
||
<dl class="py method">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2File.peek">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">peek</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">n</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2File.peek" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Return buffered data without advancing the file position. At least one
|
||
byte of data will be returned (unless at EOF). The exact number of bytes
|
||
returned is unspecified.</p>
|
||
<div class="admonition note">
|
||
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
|
||
<p>While calling <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2File.peek" title="bz2.BZ2File.peek"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">peek()</span></code></a> does not change the file position of
|
||
the <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2File" title="bz2.BZ2File"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2File</span></code></a>, it may change the position of the underlying file
|
||
object (e.g. if the <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2File" title="bz2.BZ2File"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2File</span></code></a> was constructed by passing a file
|
||
object for <em>filename</em>).</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py method">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2File.fileno">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">fileno</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2File.fileno" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Return the file descriptor for the underlying file.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py method">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2File.readable">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">readable</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2File.readable" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Return whether the file was opened for reading.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py method">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2File.seekable">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">seekable</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2File.seekable" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Return whether the file supports seeking.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py method">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2File.writable">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">writable</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2File.writable" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Return whether the file was opened for writing.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py method">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2File.read1">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">read1</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">size</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">-1</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2File.read1" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Read up to <em>size</em> uncompressed bytes, while trying to avoid
|
||
making multiple reads from the underlying stream. Reads up to a
|
||
buffer’s worth of data if size is negative.</p>
|
||
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">b''</span></code> if the file is at EOF.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py method">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2File.readinto">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">readinto</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">b</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2File.readinto" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Read bytes into <em>b</em>.</p>
|
||
<p>Returns the number of bytes read (0 for EOF).</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py attribute">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2File.mode">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">mode</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2File.mode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'rb'</span></code> for reading and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'wb'</span></code> for writing.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py attribute">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2File.name">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">name</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2File.name" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>The bzip2 file name. Equivalent to the <a class="reference internal" href="io.html#io.FileIO.name" title="io.FileIO.name"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name</span></code></a>
|
||
attribute of the underlying <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file object</span></a>.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<div class="versionchanged">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.1: </span>Support for the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#with"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">with</span></code></a> statement was added.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="versionchanged">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.3: </span>Support was added for <em>filename</em> being a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file object</span></a> instead of an
|
||
actual filename.</p>
|
||
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'a'</span></code> (append) mode was added, along with support for reading
|
||
multi-stream files.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="versionchanged">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.4: </span>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'x'</span></code> (exclusive creation) mode was added.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="versionchanged">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.5: </span>The <a class="reference internal" href="io.html#io.BufferedIOBase.read" title="io.BufferedIOBase.read"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">read()</span></code></a> method now accepts an argument of
|
||
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="versionchanged">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Accepts a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-path-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">path-like object</span></a>.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="versionchanged">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.9: </span>The <em>buffering</em> parameter has been removed. It was ignored and deprecated
|
||
since Python 3.0. Pass an open file object to control how the file is
|
||
opened.</p>
|
||
<p>The <em>compresslevel</em> parameter became keyword-only.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="versionchanged">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This class is thread unsafe in the face of multiple simultaneous
|
||
readers or writers, just like its equivalent classes in <a class="reference internal" href="gzip.html#module-gzip" title="gzip: Interfaces for gzip compression and decompression using file objects."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gzip</span></code></a> and
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="lzma.html#module-lzma" title="lzma: A Python wrapper for the liblzma compression library."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lzma</span></code></a> have always been.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
</section>
|
||
<section id="incremental-de-compression">
|
||
<h2>Incremental (de)compression<a class="headerlink" href="#incremental-de-compression" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
|
||
<dl class="py class">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2Compressor">
|
||
<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">class</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">bz2.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">BZ2Compressor</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compresslevel</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">9</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2Compressor" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Create a new compressor object. This object may be used to compress data
|
||
incrementally. For one-shot compression, use the <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.compress" title="bz2.compress"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compress()</span></code></a> function
|
||
instead.</p>
|
||
<p><em>compresslevel</em>, if given, must be an integer between <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">9</span></code>. The
|
||
default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">9</span></code>.</p>
|
||
<dl class="py method">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2Compressor.compress">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">compress</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2Compressor.compress" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Provide data to the compressor object. Returns a chunk of compressed data
|
||
if possible, or an empty byte string otherwise.</p>
|
||
<p>When you have finished providing data to the compressor, call the
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2Compressor.flush" title="bz2.BZ2Compressor.flush"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">flush()</span></code></a> method to finish the compression process.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py method">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2Compressor.flush">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">flush</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2Compressor.flush" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Finish the compression process. Returns the compressed data left in
|
||
internal buffers.</p>
|
||
<p>The compressor object may not be used after this method has been called.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py class">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2Decompressor">
|
||
<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">class</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">bz2.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">BZ2Decompressor</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Create a new decompressor object. This object may be used to decompress data
|
||
incrementally. For one-shot compression, use the <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.decompress" title="bz2.decompress"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">decompress()</span></code></a> function
|
||
instead.</p>
|
||
<div class="admonition note">
|
||
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
|
||
<p>This class does not transparently handle inputs containing multiple
|
||
compressed streams, unlike <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.decompress" title="bz2.decompress"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">decompress()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2File" title="bz2.BZ2File"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2File</span></code></a>. If
|
||
you need to decompress a multi-stream input with <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor" title="bz2.BZ2Decompressor"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2Decompressor</span></code></a>,
|
||
you must use a new decompressor for each stream.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dl class="py method">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2Decompressor.decompress">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">decompress</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">max_length</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">-1</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor.decompress" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Decompress <em>data</em> (a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a>), returning
|
||
uncompressed data as bytes. Some of <em>data</em> may be buffered
|
||
internally, for use in later calls to <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.decompress" title="bz2.decompress"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">decompress()</span></code></a>. The
|
||
returned data should be concatenated with the output of any
|
||
previous calls to <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.decompress" title="bz2.decompress"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">decompress()</span></code></a>.</p>
|
||
<p>If <em>max_length</em> is nonnegative, returns at most <em>max_length</em>
|
||
bytes of decompressed data. If this limit is reached and further
|
||
output can be produced, the <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor.needs_input" title="bz2.BZ2Decompressor.needs_input"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">needs_input</span></code></a> attribute will
|
||
be set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>. In this case, the next call to
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor.decompress" title="bz2.BZ2Decompressor.decompress"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">decompress()</span></code></a> may provide <em>data</em> as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">b''</span></code> to obtain
|
||
more of the output.</p>
|
||
<p>If all of the input data was decompressed and returned (either
|
||
because this was less than <em>max_length</em> bytes, or because
|
||
<em>max_length</em> was negative), the <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor.needs_input" title="bz2.BZ2Decompressor.needs_input"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">needs_input</span></code></a> attribute
|
||
will be set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>.</p>
|
||
<p>Attempting to decompress data after the end of stream is reached
|
||
raises an <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#EOFError" title="EOFError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">EOFError</span></code></a>. Any data found after the end of the
|
||
stream is ignored and saved in the <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor.unused_data" title="bz2.BZ2Decompressor.unused_data"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unused_data</span></code></a> attribute.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionchanged">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.5: </span>Added the <em>max_length</em> parameter.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py attribute">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2Decompressor.eof">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">eof</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor.eof" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if the end-of-stream marker has been reached.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py attribute">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2Decompressor.unused_data">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unused_data</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor.unused_data" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Data found after the end of the compressed stream.</p>
|
||
<p>If this attribute is accessed before the end of the stream has been
|
||
reached, its value will be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">b''</span></code>.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py attribute">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.BZ2Decompressor.needs_input">
|
||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">needs_input</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor.needs_input" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> if the <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor.decompress" title="bz2.BZ2Decompressor.decompress"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">decompress()</span></code></a> method can provide more
|
||
decompressed data before requiring new uncompressed input.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.5.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
</section>
|
||
<section id="one-shot-de-compression">
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="bz2.compress">
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">bz2.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">compress</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compresslevel</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">9</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.compress" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Compress <em>data</em>, a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a>.</p>
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<p><em>compresslevel</em>, if given, must be an integer between <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">9</span></code>. The
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default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">9</span></code>.</p>
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<p>For incremental compression, use a <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2Compressor" title="bz2.BZ2Compressor"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2Compressor</span></code></a> instead.</p>
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">bz2.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">decompress</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#bz2.decompress" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Decompress <em>data</em>, a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a>.</p>
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<p>If <em>data</em> is the concatenation of multiple compressed streams, decompress
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<p>For incremental decompression, use a <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2Decompressor" title="bz2.BZ2Decompressor"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2Decompressor</span></code></a> instead.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.3: </span>Support for multi-stream inputs was added.</p>
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<section id="examples-of-usage">
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<span id="bz2-usage-examples"></span><h2>Examples of usage<a class="headerlink" href="#examples-of-usage" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<p>Below are some examples of typical usage of the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-bz2" title="bz2: Interfaces for bzip2 compression and decompression."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bz2</span></code></a> module.</p>
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<p>Using <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.compress" title="bz2.compress"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compress()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.decompress" title="bz2.decompress"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">decompress()</span></code></a> to demonstrate round-trip compression:</p>
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<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">bz2</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="sa">b</span><span class="s2">"""</span><span class="se">\</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">Donec rhoncus quis sapien sit amet molestie. Fusce scelerisque vel augue</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">nec ullamcorper. Nam rutrum pretium placerat. Aliquam vel tristique lorem,</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">sit amet cursus ante. In interdum laoreet mi, sit amet ultrices purus</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">pulvinar a. Nam gravida euismod magna, non varius justo tincidunt feugiat.</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">Aliquam pharetra lacus non risus vehicula rutrum. Maecenas aliquam leo</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">felis. Pellentesque semper nunc sit amet nibh ullamcorper, ac elementum</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">dolor luctus. Curabitur lacinia mi ornare consectetur vestibulum."""</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bz2</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">compress</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">c</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Data compression ratio</span>
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<span class="go">1.513595166163142</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">d</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bz2</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">decompress</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">c</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">data</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">d</span> <span class="c1"># Check equality to original object after round-trip</span>
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<span class="go">True</span>
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<p>Using <a class="reference internal" href="#bz2.BZ2Compressor" title="bz2.BZ2Compressor"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZ2Compressor</span></code></a> for incremental compression:</p>
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<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">bz2</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">gen_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">chunks</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">chunksize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">):</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">"""Yield incremental blocks of chunksize bytes."""</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">_</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">chunks</span><span class="p">):</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">yield</span> <span class="sa">b</span><span class="s2">"z"</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">chunksize</span>
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<span class="gp">...</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">comp</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bz2</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">BZ2Compressor</span><span class="p">()</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">out</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="sa">b</span><span class="s2">""</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">chunk</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">gen_data</span><span class="p">():</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="c1"># Provide data to the compressor object</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">out</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">out</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">comp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">compress</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">chunk</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<span class="gp">...</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="c1"># Finish the compression process. Call this once you have</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="c1"># finished providing data to the compressor.</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">out</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">out</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">comp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">flush</span><span class="p">()</span>
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<p>The example above uses a very “nonrandom” stream of data
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(a stream of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">b"z"</span></code> chunks). Random data tends to compress poorly,
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while ordered, repetitive data usually yields a high compression ratio.</p>
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<p>Writing and reading a bzip2-compressed file in binary mode:</p>
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<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">bz2</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="sa">b</span><span class="s2">"""</span><span class="se">\</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">Donec rhoncus quis sapien sit amet molestie. Fusce scelerisque vel augue</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">nec ullamcorper. Nam rutrum pretium placerat. Aliquam vel tristique lorem,</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">sit amet cursus ante. In interdum laoreet mi, sit amet ultrices purus</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">pulvinar a. Nam gravida euismod magna, non varius justo tincidunt feugiat.</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">Aliquam pharetra lacus non risus vehicula rutrum. Maecenas aliquam leo</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">felis. Pellentesque semper nunc sit amet nibh ullamcorper, ac elementum</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span><span class="s2">dolor luctus. Curabitur lacinia mi ornare consectetur vestibulum."""</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">bz2</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"myfile.bz2"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"wb"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="p">:</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="c1"># Write compressed data to file</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">unused</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<span class="gp">...</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">bz2</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"myfile.bz2"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"rb"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="p">:</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="c1"># Decompress data from file</span>
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<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">content</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">()</span>
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<span class="gp">...</span>
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">content</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">data</span> <span class="c1"># Check equality to original object after round-trip</span>
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<span class="go">True</span>
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