JavaScript implementation of Gzip [closed]

Answer 1

I had another problem, I did not want to encode data in gzip but to decode gzipped data. I am running javascript code outside of the browser so I need to decode it using pure javascript.

It took me some time but i found that in the JSXGraph library there is a way to read gzipped data.

Here is where I found the library: http://jsxgraph.uni-bayreuth.de/wp/2009/09/29/jsxcompressor-zlib-compressed-javascript-code/ There is even a standalone utility that can do that, JSXCompressor, and the code is LGPL licencied.

Just include the jsxcompressor.js file in your project and then you will be able to read a base 64 encoded gzipped data:

I understand it is not what you wanted but I still reply here because I suspect it will help some people.