[SOLVED] Zlib::DataError: incorrect header check

Zlib::DataError: incorrect header check

I have a string, but I don't know the type of encoding.

Here's what the raw data looks like:

{
   "securityProxyResponseEnvelope":{
      "resultCode":"OK",
      "apiResponse":"{zlibe}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",
      "session":"n3qp6jzHwZkXWSMW3VBF:jitqBjBmlZbrgcEgY7Od",
      "parameters":{

      }
   }
}

I want to decompress the string in data['securityProxyResponseEnvelope']['apiResponse'].

Here's what I'm doing:

@clear_string_from_data = '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'

@decoded = Base64.decode64(@clear_string_from_data)
@inflated = Zlib::Inflate.inflate(@decoded)

But this returns

#=> Zlib::DataError: incorrect header check

What's causing this and what could I try next to decompress the data?

Solution

What's causing it is that it is not zlib data. You should ask whoever is producing that raw data.