nghttp2 Python C extension module
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This directory contains nghttp2 Python C extension module. Currently,
header compressor and decompressor are implemented in extension using
cython.
This is experimental and adds some dependencies which is a bit hard to
check, so this extension module does not built with usual ``make
install`` in the top directory. Instead, a user has to run ``make
build_ext`` in this directory.
The build extension module is called ``nghttp2``.
The module refers to the libnghttp2.so. If nghttp2 is installed using
``make install``, then importing nghttp2 module should work. If a
user does not want to install nghttp2, then use ``LD_LIBRARY_PATH``
pointing to the location of libnghttp2.so, which is usually in
``lib/.libs``. If a user also does not want to install nghttp2 module,
use PYTHONPATH to point the location of extension module. This depends
on the architecture and Python version. For example, x86_64
architecture and Python 2.7 series, a module will be located at
``build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7``.
Header compression
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The following example code illustrates basic usage of compressor and
decompressor::
import binascii
import nghttp2
deflater = nghttp2.HDDeflater(nghttp2.HD_SIDE_REQUEST)
inflater = nghttp2.HDInflater(nghttp2.HD_SIDE_REQUEST)
data = deflater.deflate([(b'foo', b'bar'),
(b'baz', b'buz')])
print(binascii.b2a_hex(data))
9d630901fa