Python binary diff

Question

I'm trying to use bsdiff (or any binary diff implementation you come up with) to compute and apply diff onto random binary data. I would like to use it on data from a database, so it would be better not to have to write those onto disk and pass them to bsdiff.exe.

Is there any wrapper library or way in python to do that?

Answer 1

You can use difflib that is part of Python standard library: http://docs.python.org/library/difflib.html

Answer 2

From the bsdiff website:

It has also been made into a Python extension module, and there is a Windows port available.

Following the link brings you to the module's page.

Answer 3

Also, the SequenceMatcher class (from the Python standard library) can be helpful.

Check out the other contents of the difflib module as well.