, , .zip, zlib ( Python zipfile ). :
import zlib
teststr = """Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus
pretium justo eget elit eleifend, et dignissim quam eleifend. Nam vehicula nisl
posuere velit volutpat, vitae scelerisque nisl imperdiet. Phasellus dignissim,
dolor amet."""
cmpstr = zlib.compress(teststr.encode('utf-8'))
uncmpstr = zlib.decompress(cmpstr)
fmt = '{:>8}: (length {}) {!r}'
print(fmt.format('teststr', len(teststr), teststr))
print(fmt.format('cmpstr', len(cmpstr), cmpstr))
print(fmt.format('uncmpstr', len(uncmpstr), uncmpstr))
:
teststr: (length 237) 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus\npretium justo eget elit eleifend, et dignissim quam eleifend. Nam vehicula nisl\nposuere velit volutpat, vitae scelerisque nisl imperdiet. Phasellus dignissim,\ndolor amet.'
cmpstr: (length 157) 'x\x9cMO[\x0e\xc30\x08\xfb\xef)8@\xd5\x93L\xd3\xae\x10%^\xcb\x94W\x03\xf4\xfc\xa3\x9d\xb4\xed\x07\tcc\xfb\xd6\x06\nq\x17+\x94Zn\x83\x84\x95B\x81\xce\x14[\x15D\x85\xda\xa0\x90\xb8\xb3D\xae+!\xb3.\xf4\xd8\x82 g\x93\xa9\x0f(\xbb\xfce\xa2\x8d\xb0B/\x8a\x0f\xf0\x135\xcd\xe4H\xe2\xb5\xb2\x08\x17\xda-\x94\xefm\xa1\xbbo\x076\x8e\x96\x039%O\xbd\x89a\xc0\xd1\xf3\xcb\xd1\xb2i\x0f\x1e\xe7`\r \x89\xae\x1d,\xbb\xe1\xa2\x13\x97\x8e\x91\x18\xff\x99~v\xf3\xf4iu6Z\xde\xf8\xa6X\r'
uncmpstr: (length 237) 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus\npretium justo eget elit eleifend, et dignissim quam eleifend. Nam vehicula nisl\nposuere velit volutpat, vitae scelerisque nisl imperdiet. Phasellus dignissim,\ndolor amet.'