compress/gzip
Compressionimport "compress/gzip"Implements reading and writing of gzip format compressed files.
Example
package main
import (
"compress/gzip"
"os"
)
func main() {
f, _ := os.Create("data.gz")
w := gzip.NewWriter(f)
w.Write([]byte("compressed data"))
w.Close()
}Key Types & Functions
ReaderWriterNewReaderNewWriterAbout compress/gzip
The compress/gzip package (imported as compress/gzip) belongs to the Compression category of Go packages. Implements reading and writing of gzip format compressed files.
Go's standard library is one of the language's greatest strengths, providing production-ready implementations for networking, cryptography, encoding, I/O, and more. The compress/gzip package follows Go's philosophy of simplicity and composability — small, focused packages that combine through interfaces like io.Reader and io.Writer.
When using compress/gzip in production, follow Go best practices: handle errors explicitly, use context for cancellation and timeouts, prefer composition over inheritance, and write table-driven tests. The Go documentation at pkg.go.dev provides comprehensive API references and examples for every exported type and function.