GZIPInputStream to String

Question

I am attempting to convert the gzipped body of a HTTP response to plaintext. I\'ve taken the byte array of this response and converted it to a ByteArrayInputStream. I\'ve th

Answer 1

To decode bytes from an InputStream, you can use an InputStreamReader. Then, a BufferedReader will allow you to read your stream line by line.

Your code will look like:

ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(responseBytes);
GZIPInputStream gzis = new GZIPInputStream(bais);
InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(gzis);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(reader);

String readed;
while ((readed = in.readLine()) != null) {
    System.out.println(readed);
}