Gzip a String without an Enterprise License?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I am attempting to gzip the body of a large POST request, and have not yet found a way to gzip strings in Corona without upgrading to an Enterprise license, which seems a bit off.
 

* No libraries mention compression support (gzip/zlib) in the documentation.

* C libraries like lua-zlib and lzlib can only be linked to an app with Enterprise support.

* Libraries like LibCompress require BitOp, which is only available for Enterprise customers.

What solutions do you recommend for compressing a large base64-encoded string?

#2

If straight ZIP was acceptable to you, you could use the ZIP plugin if you were a Pro member as well.

I am not aware of any other straight compression code that works in Corona.

#3

@thegdog, thank you for the suggestion! The server supports gzip compression for POST payloads out of the box, so I’m trying to stick with gzip/zlib compression instead of writing my own middleware to support zip, though I hadn’t really considered this previously. Thanks for expanding my horizons!

#4

Ahh, I wasn’t sure exactly what you were compressing or why, so I was just thinking in the general compression space.

Normal ZIP might not work for you. 

#5

If straight ZIP was acceptable to you, you could use the ZIP plugin if you were a Pro member as well.

I am not aware of any other straight compression code that works in Corona.

#6

@thegdog, thank you for the suggestion! The server supports gzip compression for POST payloads out of the box, so I’m trying to stick with gzip/zlib compression instead of writing my own middleware to support zip, though I hadn’t really considered this previously. Thanks for expanding my horizons!

#7

Ahh, I wasn’t sure exactly what you were compressing or why, so I was just thinking in the general compression space.

Normal ZIP might not work for you.