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+# https://docs.python.org/3/library/bz2.html#examples-of-usage
+# https://www.programcreek.com/python/example/6089/bz2.BZ2Decompressor
+
+import bz2, hexdump
+
+original_data = b'abc'*1000
+
+def gen_data(data, chunk_size=1000):
+    """Yield incremental blocks of chunksize bytes."""
+    len_data = len(data)
+    total_count_sent = 0
+    for i in range(int(len_data/chunk_size)):
+        yield data[chunk_size*i: chunk_size*(i+1)]
+    if len_data % chunk_size != 0:
+        yield data[-(len_data%chunk_size):]
+    else:
+        yield b''
+
+comp = bz2.BZ2Compressor()
+out = b""
+for chunk in gen_data(original_data):
+    out = out + comp.compress(chunk)
+
+# Finish the compression process.  Call this once you have
+# finished providing data to the compressor.
+out = out + comp.flush()
+
+hexdump.hexdump(out)
+print("-"*30)
+
+
+decomp = bz2.BZ2Decompressor()
+data_decompressed = b''
+for chunk in gen_data(out):
+    data_decompressed += decomp.decompress(chunk)
+
+print(len(data_decompressed))
+hexdump.hexdump(data_decompressed[:100])
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