code: public static String getByteArrayDataAsString(String contentEncoding, byte[] bytes) {
          ByteArrayOutputStream byteout = null;
          if (contentEncoding != null &&
                  contentEncoding.equals("gzip")) {
              // GZIP
              ByteArrayInputStream bytein = null;
              GZIPInputStream zis = null;
              try {
                  bytein = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
                  zis = new GZIPInputStream(bytein);
                  byteout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
  
                  int res = 0;
                  byte buf[] = new byte[1024];
                  while (res >= 0) {
                      res = zis.read(buf, 0, buf.length);
                      if (res > 0) {
                          byteout.write(buf, 0, res);
                      }
                  }
  
                  zis.close();
                  bytein.close();
                  byteout.close();
                  return byteout.toString();
              } catch (Exception e) {
                  // No action to take
              }
          } else if (contentEncoding != null &&
                  contentEncoding.equals("deflate")) {
              try {
                  // DEFLATE
                  byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
                  Inflater decompresser = new Inflater();
                  byteout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                  decompresser.setInput(bytes);
                  while (!decompresser.finished()) {
                      int count = decompresser.inflate(buffer);
                      byteout.write(buffer, 0, count);
                  }
                  byteout.close();
                  decompresser.end();
  
                  return byteout.toString();
              } catch (Exception e) {
                  // No action to take
              }
          }
  
          return new String(bytes);
      }
docs: Decodes stream data based on content encoding
  @param contentEncoding
  @param bytes
  @return String representing the stream data