What is the Python equivalent of java.util.zip.Inflater?

Question

I have a Java program that opens a socket connection to a server that streams Zip compressed data. I read(bytebuffer) from the stream, setInput(bytebuffer) on the zip object, and inflate(outputbuffer) to get my uncompressed data.

What would be the equivalent in python?

Here is the java code:

byte[] compressedBytes = new byte[1024];
int bytesRead = inputStream.read(compressedBytes);
zip.setInput(compressedBytes, 0, bytesRead);
zip.inflate(uncompressedBytes, 0, 1024);

Or, to summarize, I need a streaming inflate (not file based) zip option for python.

Answer 1

Have a look at zlib.decompressobj(). I think that should give you what you want. See http://docs.python.org/library/zlib.html

Answer 2

You're looking for the zlib module. java.util.zip is actually an implementation using zlib, not Zip(aka PKZIP).