The zlib.inflateSync() method is an inbuilt application programming interface of the Zlib module which is used to decompress a chunk of data with Inflate.
Syntax:
zlib.inflateSync( buffer, options )
Parameters: This method accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- buffer: This parameter holds the buffer of type Buffer, TypedArray, DataView, ArrayBuffer, and string.
- options: This parameter holds the value of the zlib option.
Return Value: It returns the chunk of data with Inflate.
The below examples illustrate the use of zlib.inflateSync() method in Node.js:
Example 1:
// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// zlib.inflateSync() method
// Including zlib module
const zlib = require('zlib');
// Declaring input and assigning
// it a value string
const input = "GeeksforGeeks";
// Calling deflateSync method
const deflated = zlib.deflateSync(input);
// Calling inflateSync method
const inflated = zlib.inflateSync(
new Buffer.from(deflated)).toString();
console.log(inflated);
Output:
GeeksforGeeks
Example 2:
// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// zlib.inflateSync() method
// Including zlib module
const zlib = require('zlib');
// Declaring input and assigning
// it a value string
const input = "GeeksforGeeks";
// Calling deflateSync method
const deflated = zlib.deflateSync(input).toString('hex');
// Calling inflateSync method
const inflated = zlib.inflateSync(new Buffer.from(
deflated, 'hex')).toString('base64');
console.log(inflated);
Output:
R2Vla3Nmb3JHZWVrcw==
Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html#zlib_zlib_inflatesync_buffer_options