Microlink Function:
How to compress

September 3, 2022 (3 years ago)

The query parameter function allows you dynamic code execution with remote headless browser access on runtime:

import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://microlink.io', {
  function: '({ page }) => page.evaluate("jQuery.fn.jquery")',
  meta: false,
  scripts: [
    "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.min.js"
  ]
})

The function body can be pass in plain text, but also multiple compression algorithms are supported.

Brotli

brotli

is a modern and general purpose compression algorithm with a well compression ratio.

brotli has a good compression ratio & speed.

Lz-string

lz-string

is designed to be efficient for compressing text.

lz-string is lightweight enough to be used for client-side apps.

Gzip

gzip is the predecessor of brotli and it's widely supported.

It's possible to compress using gzip directly in the browser, using

Compression Streams API

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