code: def compress(data, compresslevel=9):
      '''
      Returns the data compressed at gzip level compression.
      '''
      buf = BytesIO()
      with open_fileobj(buf, 'wb', compresslevel) as ogz:
          if six.PY3 and not isinstance(data, bytes):
              data = data.encode(__salt_system_encoding__)
          ogz.write(data)
      compressed = buf.getvalue()
      return compressef compress(data, compresslevel=9):
      '''
      Returns the data compressed at gzip level compression.
      '''
      buf = BytesIO()
      with open_fileobj(buf, 'wb', compresslevel) as ogz:
          if six.PY3 and not isinstance(data, bytes):
              data = data.encode(__salt_system_encoding__)
          ogz.write(data)
      compressed = buf.getvalue()
      return compressed
docs: Returns the data compressed at gzip level compression.