DecompressionStream

Baseline 2023
Newly available

Since May 2023, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The DecompressionStream interface of the Compression Streams API is an API for decompressing a stream of data.

Constructor

DecompressionStream()

Creates a new DecompressionStream

Instance properties

DecompressionStream.readable

Returns the ReadableStream instance controlled by this object.

DecompressionStream.writable

Returns the WritableStream instance controlled by this object.

Examples

In this example a blob is decompressed using gzip compression.

js
const ds = new DecompressionStream("gzip");
const decompressedStream = blob.stream().pipeThrough(ds);

Specifications

Specification
Compression
# decompression-stream

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
Node.js
DecompressionStream
DecompressionStream() constructor
"deflate" compression
"deflate-raw" compression
"gzip" compression
readable
writable