zlib APIs usage problem in C++ program

[nagrik]

Hello Group,

I am writing a http client and reading a web page from the server. The
page can be compressed in any
of the format namely; gzip or deflate or compress. My client reads the
page in chunks from the socket
and then passes on the decompressed data to the user.

I am makeing use of zlib APIs to decompress the data read from the
server.

The problem I am having is that these APIs can only compress the data
if it is in a file,, whereas my
requirement is to decompress the data from the buffer.

Can someone tell me with a better solution or must I first put the read
data from socket into the file and
then decompress data by using the zlib APIs.

Thx.

nagrik

 

[Thomas J. Gritzan]

Hello Group,

I am writing a http client and reading a web page from the server. The
page can be compressed in any
of the format namely; gzip or deflate or compress. My client reads the
page in chunks from the socket
and then passes on the decompressed data to the user.

I am makeing use of zlib APIs to decompress the data read from the
server.

Third party libraries are offtopic in this group.

The problem I am having is that these APIs can only compress the data
if it is in a file,, whereas my
requirement is to decompress the data from the buffer.

Not true. The zlib can work on buffers. Look at these functions:

deflateInit, deflate, inflateInit, inflate

If you have questions about these, you have to ask in another place.

Thomas