DecompressionStream

The DecompressionStream interface of the Compression Streams API is an API for decompressing a stream of data.

Constructor

DecompressionStream(): Creates a new DecompressionStream

Instance properties

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

Examples

In this example a blob is decompressed using gzip compression.

js

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

Specifications

Specification
Compression Streams # decompression-stream

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