redpanda-data / redpanda-data/connect
Allow decompress processor to automatically detect compression type
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Description
There are cases where the compression of input data is unknown (including possibly not compressed). One use case is user uploaded binary data where the underlying source can have various compression types.
The decompress processor could have an option to automatically detect and decompress the input. Either a new compression algorithm type, a new option, or the default behavior if no algorithm is given.
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start by locating the decompress processor and its current compression-algorithm handling. Review the supported formats and existing tests, then clarify whether detection should be an option, a new algorithm type, or the default; done means compressed inputs are detected and decompressed, while uncompressed input remains usable.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- stream-processing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100