lzstring

The goal of lzstring-r is to provide an R wrapper for the lzstring C++ library. lzstring is originally a JavaScript library that provides fast and efficient string compression and decompression using a LZ-based algorithm. Credit goes to Winston Chang for spotting this missing R package and guiding me over at the R Shinylive repo—check out his awesome contributions which this repo is based on here and here. Also, shoutout to Andy Kras for his implementation in C++ of lzstring, which you can find right here, and pieroxy, the original brain behind lzstring in JavaScript—peek at his work over here.

Installation

You can install the released version of lzstringr from CRAN with:

install.packages("lzstring")

You can install the development version of lzstringr from GitHub with:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("parmsam/lzstring-r")

Example

This is a basic example which shows you how to solve a common problem:

library(lzstring)

# text data
message = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog!";

compressed = lzstring::compressToBase64(message)
compressed
#> [1] "CoCwpgBAjgrglgYwNYQEYCcD2B3AdhAM0wA8IArGAWwAcBnCTANzHQgBdwIAbAQwC8AnhAAmmAOYBCIA"

decompressed = lzstring::decompressFromBase64(compressed)
cat(decompressed)
#> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog!

JSON data

# JSON data
json_data <- list(name = "John Doe", age = 30, email = "john.doe@example.com")
json_string <- jsonlite::toJSON(json_data)

compressed = lzstring::compressToBase64(json_string)
compressed
#> [1] "N4IgdghgtgpiBcBtEApA9gCzAAgCJrgF0AaECAcziQGYAGEkGKCASwBsFkArTMAOgAmBAAIwAHtAAObGHwDGaKCEIBfIA==="

decompressed = lzstring::decompressFromBase64(compressed)
identical(json_string, decompressed)
#> [1] FALSE
cat(decompressed)
#> {"name":["John Doe"],"age":[30],"email":["john.doe@example.com"]}

JS code

js_code <- "
function test() { 
  console.log('Hello, World!'); 
}
"
compressed = lzstring::compressToBase64(js_code)
compressed
#> [1] "FAMwrgdgxgLglgewgAhgUwM4wBQEpkDeywyyUSGCANmgHRUIDm2A5ABJpUMA0yA6ggBOVACYBCFrgDcxAL7AgA=="

decompressed = lzstring::decompressFromBase64(compressed)
cat(decompressed)
#> 
#> function test() { 
#>   console.log('Hello, World!'); 
#> }

R code

r_code <- '
library(dplyr)

data <- data.frame(
  name = c("John", "Jane", "Jake"),
  age = c(28, 22, 32),
  salary = c(50000, 60000, 55000)
)

# Filter data for age greater than 25
filtered_data <- filter(data, age > 25)

# Add a new column with updated salary
data <- mutate(data, updated_salary = salary * 1.05)
'
compressed = lzstring::compressToBase64(r_code)
compressed
#> [1] "FAGwlgRgTghlCeAKAJgBxPKBKYxkwBcYACAHgFpj8iA6AM1gFsBTRYY4gOxheIF5iAY0QAiAFIB7ABacRAGmLiYnZvMViYAa1VY57YjADmzfkMQAmABwLz5hQGZzu/QGcYIOPFPCArAAYAvwUANkCg4h9/AJwcYABiYgAxMBACZigqQhI6CQyjE0MoZkJ04gIpZWJzH2A6FLSi5AB9ahIKYjrU9JQshXziAD4qn1iEgEFkZAMuZgB3IQkQAFdGTmJZsHLiJdRqZim3DwQ8LLJKRiWiNJ6iBR295sPPUyeEYgAqYgBGGj8R4CAA=="
decompose = lzstring::decompressFromBase64(compressed)
cat(decompose)
#> 
#> library(dplyr)
#> 
#> data <- data.frame(
#>   name = c("John", "Jane", "Jake"),
#>   age = c(28, 22, 32),
#>   salary = c(50000, 60000, 55000)
#> )
#> 
#> # Filter data for age greater than 25
#> filtered_data <- filter(data, age > 25)
#> 
#> # Add a new column with updated salary
#> data <- mutate(data, updated_salary = salary * 1.05)

Decompress Shinylive Hashes

x <- lzstring::decompressFromEncodedURIComponent("NobwRAdghgtgpmAXGKAHVA6ASmANGAYwHsIAXOMpMAGwEsAjAJykYE8AKAZwAtaJWAlAB0IdJiw71OY4RBEBiAAQAROADM+cRQFUAkorVFGitKkWluUUooAmzAO6cTi3p1JEA5sxiKAtP98RAFdaRQAeX0VUKA84AH1OWhs4ehZ2ERFFRSUAQXRzWlJqLQDAiCzSQuLFAF5FITAACThqaiJFAGVefgBCBtwM8uzOpJSWKKgIFoMjRT5UINInUszFROTU4zr1scZ0uSGspV0IBdJETrpk40NjCy0IIJh6OGMiNUV6PmWA1azpUaME5nfZZMFzU6LXQ2Wr1MBfCCcfp-MHUKAvaiwhoAOSeLzeHwRnEQyMOYJgfFhAEYBmSsjAoAAPWEAVgADLTwVkAG5QahBLR1ADMbJRsiyAlpqyUAHlFmcLo1aG5PN4-L8hqg2qQ5aQQUR5VCYXUGjZlaQAArahqyWQKFTqTRrV7c16KNoeWgERSMOAARxCvph7lsDmcrncXlg6v8Ik4LrdEQMQQgBEqJHY80WuEUBr1iwEihAgyOiiVKqjPne5m4Whl1BhADEoIVuGogpiAOJwVjx4zKKxQGNlUv2Vs+-0CtxwGGPZ5u6tE6WKAAqrkUcEZqF9nESJBrVkUsSmzHITiHEdV0eVinszHQM4hzgIfOoy5Dvog1ytRGsIb4ZovuQB7nNKy5Uhgii6NYN4NL6UBprQroNCYX41q86hGFoPAGg2nxaFAixEAylQvq0rDLmCvq+JucAEIsj72LW5RZksiiZpCpAACREoWBCWBAsTLgATJB0FOHmZzmKwqBaDeQ5ar+qySYsXFmm4P7WEmn7ftq7DFmSzJJmoLYWO21BcfYpl8B4KJEuEkTxn67AUhA7CMpKigMoy7mecUgkWBgeawqxPHfIoADUihUnaZIRqCXKMpyXJMHAUAANZOHURLJeCxCYiaYDyAA7CyOQ5MoABCpJcp8RjXFiYBMYUcA1YlaL0I1ADq1mCQU8DmO0UyMtYrxBKg6blBxXnfMIeAovSLblIV5aRmq1ZWYUNn9XASJgGKqwAL6yIdgxKAAwvBwFdHwrAmPkKyIt0rB5Kg7AhLCIQ5n2rpbM6jC-bIYCHQAukAA")
y <- jsonlite::fromJSON(x)
cat(y$name)
#> app.R
cat(y$content)
#> library(shiny)
#> library(bslib)
#> 
#> # Define UI for app that draws a histogram ----
#> ui <- page_sidebar(
#> 
#>   # App title ----
#>   title = "Hello Shiny!",
#> 
#>   # Sidebar panel for inputs ----
#>   sidebar = sidebar(
#> 
#>     # Input: Slider for the number of bins ----
#>     sliderInput(
#>       inputId = "bins",
#>       label = "Number of bins:",
#>       min = 1,
#>       max = 50,
#>       value = 30
#>     )
#>   ),
#> 
#>   # Output: Histogram ----
#>   plotOutput(outputId = "distPlot")
#> )
#> 
#> # Define server logic required to draw a histogram ----
#> server <- function(input, output) {
#> 
#>   # Histogram of the Old Faithful Geyser Data ----
#>   # with requested number of bins
#>   # This expression that generates a histogram is wrapped in a call
#>   # to renderPlot to indicate that:
#>   #
#>   # 1. It is "reactive" and therefore should be automatically
#>   #    re-executed when inputs (input$bins) change
#>   # 2. Its output type is a plot
#>   output$distPlot <- renderPlot({
#>     x <- faithful$waiting
#>     bins <- seq(min(x), max(x), length.out = input$bins + 1)
#> 
#>     hist(
#>       x,
#>       breaks = bins,
#>       col = "#75AADB",
#>       border = "white",
#>       xlab = "Waiting time to next eruption (in mins)",
#>       main = "Histogram of waiting times"
#>     )
#>   })
#> }
#> 
#> # Create Shiny app ----
#> shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

x <- lzstring::decompressFromEncodedURIComponent("NobwRAdghgtgpmAXGKAHVA6VBPMAaMAYwHsIAXOcpMAMwCdiYACAZwAsBLCbDOAD1R04LFkw4xUxOmTERUAVzJ4mQiABM4dZfI4AdCPp0YuCsgH0WAGw4a6ACl2RHyxwDlnTAAzKAjJ+9MAEyeAJT64RAAAqq2GBR8ZPoaNExkCXYhiPpMOSpwZPJ0EEw0jhAAVIFioiAmihgQGUzlQQC+jvpgrQC6QA")
y <- jsonlite::fromJSON(x)
cat(y$name)
#> app.py
cat(y$content)
#> from shiny.express import input, render, ui
#> 
#> ui.input_slider("n", "N", 0, 100, 20)
#> 
#> 
#> @render.text
#> def txt():
#>     return f"n*2 is {input.n() * 2}"