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Gzip Compress In Memory and Base64 Encode

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Demonstrates how to Gzip compress in-memory data and then encode the compressed data to base64.

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import { BinData, Gzip } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const gzip = new Gzip();

  // This example will load a file into the fileData object.
  // Your application might load fileData from other sources..
  const fileData = new BinData();
  try {
    fileData.loadFile('qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml');
  } catch {
    console.log('Failed to load file.');
    return;
  }

  // In-place compress the contents of fileData
  try {
    await gzip.compressBdAsync(fileData);
  } catch {
    console.log(gzip.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Get the base64 encoded compressed data (in a single line).
  const strBase64 = fileData.getEncoded('base64');
  console.log(strBase64);
  console.log('--------');

  // To get the base64 in multiple lines, as it might appear in MIME,
  // use "base64-mime".
  const strBase64MultiLine = fileData.getEncoded('base64-mime');
  console.log(strBase64MultiLine);
}