# b_zlib_base64.py

# b_zlib_base64.py
import zlib, base64

s = 'blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah'
compressed = zlib.compress(s)
print 'zlib (Non-Websafe):'
print compressed
print
b64 = base64.encodestring(s)
print 'Base64 Without zlib:'
print b64
zlib2base64= base64.encodestring(compressed)
print 'Base64 With zlib:'
print zlib2base64

b64decoded = base64.decodestring(zlib2base64)
decompressed = zlib.decompress(b64decoded)
print 'String Normalized:'
print decompressed