Unzipped vs. zipped RCSB download

benchmark.py

import requests
import gzip
import timeit
import numpy as np


PDB_ID = "4v6x"


def gzip_download():
    r = requests.get(f"https://files.rcsb.org/download/{PDB_ID}.cif.gz")
    content = gzip.decompress(r.content)

def download():
    r = requests.get(f"https://files.rcsb.org/download/{PDB_ID}.cif")
    content = r.content

num_runs = 1
num_repetions = 10

download_times = timeit.Timer(download).repeat(repeat=num_repetions, number=num_runs)
download_median = np.median(download_times) / num_runs

gzip_download_times = timeit.Timer(gzip_download).repeat(repeat=num_repetions, number=num_runs)
gzip_download_median = np.median(gzip_download_times) / num_runs


print(f'{download_median=}')
print(f'{gzip_download_median=}')