Compress python data and write to sqlite

compress.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
import sys

import zlib
from base64 import binascii

#-----------------------------------------------------------
# COMPRESS
#-----------------------------------------------------------
def z_compress(data):

    #return buffer(zlib.compress(data))
    return zlib.compress(data)

#-----------------------------------------------------------
# DECOMPRESS
#-----------------------------------------------------------
def z_decompress(data):

    return zlib.decompress(data)

#-----------------------------------------------------------
# B2A
#   Binary >> Base64 Ascii
#-----------------------------------------------------------
def b2a(data):

    return binascii.b2a_base64(data)

#-----------------------------------------------------------
# A2B
#   Base64 Ascii >> Binary
#-----------------------------------------------------------
def a2b(data):

    return binascii.a2b_base64(data)

#-----------------------------------------------------------
# TEST
#-----------------------------------------------------------
def test():

    data = '1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890'

    print 'ROW DATA:   %3d bytes' % sys.getsizeof(data)

    data = z_compress(data)
    print 'COMPRESS:   %3d bytes' % sys.getsizeof(data)

    data = b2a(data)
    print 'B2A:        %3d bytes' % sys.getsizeof(data)

    data_lists = sqlite_test(data)

    for data in data_lists:
        print 'ROW_DATA:   %3d bytes' % sys.getsizeof(data)

        data = a2b(data)
        print 'A2B:        %3d bytes' % sys.getsizeof(data)

        data = z_decompress(data)
        print 'DECOMPRESS: %3d bytes' % sys.getsizeof(data)

def sqlite_test(data):

    import sqlite3

    #---Connect to sqlite
    con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
    cur = con.cursor()

    #---Check if there is a table
    sql = 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type="table" AND name=?'
    cur.execute(sql, ('test',))

    #---Create when there is no table
    if not cur.fetchone()[0]:
        sql = 'CREATE TABLE test(data TEXT)'
        con.execute(sql)

    #---Data plunge
    sql  = 'INSERT INTO test (data) VALUES (?)'
    con.execute(sql, (data,))
    con.commit()

    #---Data acquisition
    sql = 'SELECT * from test'
    cur.execute(sql)
    row_lists = []
    for row in cur:
        row_lists.append(row[0])

    #---Returns data
    return row_lists

if __name__ == '__main__' : test()

result

ROW DATA:   110 bytes
COMPRESS:    61 bytes
B2A:         69 bytes
ROW_DATA:   168 bytes
A2B:         61 bytes
DECOMPRESS: 110 bytes