contentz¶ ↑

Contentz (pronounced “content zee”) is an ActiveRecord extension that uses Zlib to compress/uncompress attribute data on write/read.

Require the gem in config/environment.rb:

Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
  config.gem 'benpickles-contentz', :lib => 'contentz', :source => 'http://gems.github.com'
end

Use the contentz method in any ActiveRecord model to apply compression to attribute(s):

class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
  contentz :body
end

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