pysapcompress library

exception pysapcompress.CompressError

Raised when compression fails.

exception pysapcompress.DecompressError

Raised when decompression fails.

pysapcompress.compress(data, algorithm=0)

Compress data using the given SAP algorithm.

Parameters:

• data (bytes) – data to compress

• algorithm (int) – ALG_LZC (0) or ALG_LZH (2)

Returns:

tuple (status, compressed_length, compressed_bytes)

Return type:

tuple[int, int, bytes]

Raises:

CompressError – on error

pysapcompress.decompress(data, out_length)

Decompress data, expecting out_length uncompressed bytes.

Parameters:

• data (bytes) – compressed data (including 8-byte SAP header)

• out_length (int) – expected uncompressed length

Returns:

tuple (status, decompressed_length, decompressed_bytes)

Return type:

tuple[int, int, bytes]

Raises:

DecompressError – on error