ZLIB Compressor & Decompressor

ZLIB Binary Compressor & Decompressor written in C-Sharp (C#)

The best easy to use compressor & decompressor for zlib is ready for you to use in you projects free and open source!

Options the library has to offer:

• Compress file content, string, and buffers (Byte array).
• Decompress any compressed file

Setup

Open a Visual Studio C# project, Then follow the steps below.

Install zlib.net via the NuGet Package Manager

1. Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Manage NuGet Packages for Solution
2. Now the NuGet Package Manager will be opened. Click on Browse
3. Search for the keyword "zlib.net" and install it

Use DLL package file

1. Download the DLL file from the Releases page
2. In Visual Studio - Project -> Add Project Reference
3. Then click on Browse and choose the DLL file
4. Click OK

Example for using the library

using System;
using System.Text;
using NoamRaz.ZLIB;

class Example
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		Encoding encoding = UTF8Encoding.UTF8;

		// Compress string
		ZLIB.CompressString("Hello ZLIB World!", "MyFolder/MyCompressedFile.zlib", encoding);

		// Compress file
		ZLIB.CompressFile("MyFolder/FileToCompress.txt", "MyFolder/MyCompressedFile.zlib", encoding);

		// Compress buffer (byte array)
		byte[] buffer = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Hello ZLIB World!");
		ZLIB.CompressData(buffer, out byte[] result);
		Console.WriteLine("Compressed Data is: ", result);

		// Decompress compressed file
		ZLIB.Decompress("MyFolder/MyCompressedFile.zlib", "MyFolder/MyDecompressedFile.txt", encoding);

		// Decompress buffer (byte array)
		byte[] decompBuffer = encoding.GetBytes("Hello ZLIB World!");
		ZLIB.DecompressData(decompBuffer, out byte[] decompResult);
		Console.WriteLine("Compressed Data is: ", encoding.GetString(decompResult));

	}
}

Good Luck!