Huffman.py

import heapq
import os


class HeapNode:
    def __init__(self, char, freq):
        self.char = char
        self.freq = freq
        self.left = None
        self.right = None

    def __cmp__(self, other):
        if(other == None):
            return -1
        if(not isinstance(other, HeapNode)):
            return -1
        return self.freq > other.freq


class HuffmanCoding:
    def __init__(self, path):
        self.path = path
        self.heap = []
        self.codes = {}
        self.reverse_mapping = {}

    # functions for compression:

    def make_frequency_dict(self, text):
        frequency = {}
        for character in text:
            if not character in frequency:
                frequency[character] = 0
            frequency[character] += 1
        return frequency

    def make_heap(self, frequency):
        for key in frequency:
            node = HeapNode(key, frequency[key])
            heapq.heappush(self.heap, node)

    def merge_nodes(self):
        while(len(self.heap) > 1):
            node1 = heapq.heappop(self.heap)
            node2 = heapq.heappop(self.heap)

            merged = HeapNode(None, node1.freq + node2.freq)
            merged.left = node1
            merged.right = node2

            heapq.heappush(self.heap, merged)

    def make_codes_helper(self, root, current_code):
        if(root == None):
            return

        if(root.char != None):
            self.codes[root.char] = current_code
            self.reverse_mapping[current_code] = root.char
            return

        self.make_codes_helper(root.left, current_code + "0")
        self.make_codes_helper(root.right, current_code + "1")

    def make_codes(self):
        root = heapq.heappop(self.heap)
        current_code = ""
        self.make_codes_helper(root, current_code)

    def get_encoded_text(self, text):
        encoded_text = ""
        for character in text:
            encoded_text += self.codes[character]
        return encoded_text

    def pad_encoded_text(self, encoded_text):
        extra_padding = 8 - len(encoded_text) % 8
        for i in range(extra_padding):
            encoded_text += "0"

        padded_info = "{0:08b}".format(extra_padding)
        encoded_text = padded_info + encoded_text
        return encoded_text

    def get_byte_array(self, padded_encoded_text):
        if(len(padded_encoded_text) % 8 != 0):
            print("Encoded text not padded properly")
            exit(0)

        b = bytearray()
        for i in range(0, len(padded_encoded_text), 8):
            byte = padded_encoded_text[i:i+8]
            b.append(int(byte, 2))
        return b

    def compress(self):
        filename, file_extension = os.path.splitext(self.path)
        output_path = filename + ".bin"

        with open(self.path, 'r+') as file, open(output_path, 'wb') as output:
            text = file.read()
            text = text.rstrip()

            frequency = self.make_frequency_dict(text)
            self.make_heap(frequency)
            self.merge_nodes()
            self.make_codes()

            encoded_text = self.get_encoded_text(text)
            padded_encoded_text = self.pad_encoded_text(encoded_text)

            b = self.get_byte_array(padded_encoded_text)
            output.write(bytes(b))

        print("Compressed")
        return output_path