C

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. C

#include <C_CkGzip.h>
#include <C_CkBinData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkGzip gzip;
    HCkBinData fileData;
    const char *strBase64;
    const char *strBase64MultiLine;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    gzip = CkGzip_Create();

    // This example will load a file into the fileData object.
    // Your application might load fileData from other sources..
    fileData = CkBinData_Create();
    success = CkBinData_LoadFile(fileData,"qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("Failed to load file.\n");
        CkGzip_Dispose(gzip);
        CkBinData_Dispose(fileData);
        return;
    }

    // In-place compress the contents of fileData
    success = CkGzip_CompressBd(gzip,fileData);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkGzip_lastErrorText(gzip));
        CkGzip_Dispose(gzip);
        CkBinData_Dispose(fileData);
        return;
    }

    // Get the base64 encoded compressed data (in a single line).
    strBase64 = CkBinData_getEncoded(fileData,"base64");
    printf("%s\n",strBase64);
    printf("--------\n");

    // To get the base64 in multiple lines, as it might appear in MIME,
    // use "base64-mime".
    strBase64MultiLine = CkBinData_getEncoded(fileData,"base64-mime");
    printf("%s\n",strBase64MultiLine);


    CkGzip_Dispose(gzip);
    CkBinData_Dispose(fileData);

    }