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DecompressionStream

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

Constructor

DecompressionStream(): Creates a new DecompressionStream

Instance properties

DecompressionStream.readable Read only: Returns the ReadableStream instance controlled by this object.
DecompressionStream.writable Read only: Returns the WritableStream instance controlled by this object.

Examples

In this example a blob is decompressed using gzip compression.

const ds = new DecompressionStream("gzip");
const decompressedStream = blob.stream().pipeThrough(ds);

Specifications

Specification
Compression # decompression-stream

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