diff --git a/python/brotli_file.py b/python/brotli_file.py
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+"""Functions that read and write brotli files.
+
+The user of the file doesn't have to worry about the compression,
+but random access is not allowed."""
+
+# forked from CPython 3.8.1 gzip.py which is
+# based on Andrew Kuchling's minigzip.py distributed with the zlib module
+
+import os
+import builtins
+import io
+import _compression
+import brotli
+
+__all__ = ["BrotliFile", "open"]
+
+READ, WRITE = 1, 2
+
+
+def open(filename, mode="rb", quality=11, lgwin=22, lgblock=0,
+         encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None):
+    """Open a brotli-compressed file in binary or text mode.
+
+    The filename argument can be an actual filename (a str or bytes object), or
+    an existing file object to read from or write to.
+
+    The mode argument can be "r", "rb", "w", "wb", "x", "xb", "a" or "ab" for
+    binary mode, or "rt", "wt", "xt" or "at" for text mode. The default mode is
+    "rb", and the default compresslevel is 9.
+
+    For binary mode, this function is equivalent to the BrotliFile constructor:
+    BrotliFile(filename, mode, compresslevel). In this case, the encoding,
+    errors and newline arguments must not be provided.
+
+    For text mode, a BrotliFile object is created, and wrapped in an
+    io.TextIOWrapper instance with the specified encoding, error handling
+    behavior, and line ending(s).
+    """
+    if "t" in mode:
+        if "b" in mode:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid mode: %r" % (mode,))
+    else:
+        if encoding is not None:
+            raise ValueError("Argument 'encoding' not supported in binary mode")
+        if errors is not None:
+            raise ValueError("Argument 'errors' not supported in binary mode")
+        if newline is not None:
+            raise ValueError("Argument 'newline' not supported in binary mode")
+
+    gz_mode = mode.replace("t", "")
+    if isinstance(filename, (str, bytes, os.PathLike)):
+        binary_file = BrotliFile(filename, gz_mode, quality, lgwin, lgblock)
+    elif hasattr(filename, "read") or hasattr(filename, "write"):
+        binary_file = BrotliFile(
+            None, gz_mode, quality, lgwin, lgblock, filename)
+    else:
+        raise TypeError("filename must be a str or bytes object, or a file")
+
+    if "t" in mode:
+        return io.TextIOWrapper(binary_file, encoding, errors, newline)
+    else:
+        return binary_file
+
+
+class BrotliFile(_compression.BaseStream):
+    """The BrotliFile class simulates most of the methods of a file object with
+    the exception of the truncate() method.
+
+    This class only supports opening files in binary mode. If you need to open
+    a compressed file in text mode, use the brotli.open() function.
+    """
+
+    # Overridden with internal file object to be closed, if only a filename
+    # is passed in
+    myfileobj = None
+
+    def __init__(self, filename=None, mode=None,
+                 quality=11, lgwin=22, lgblock=0,
+                 fileobj=None):
+        """Constructor for the BrotliFile class.
+
+        At least one of fileobj and filename must be given a
+        non-trivial value.
+
+        The new class instance is based on fileobj, which can be a regular
+        file, an io.BytesIO object, or any other object which simulates a file.
+        It defaults to None, in which case filename is opened to provide
+        a file object.
+
+        The mode argument can be any of 'r', 'rb', 'a', 'ab', 'w', 'wb', 'x',
+        or 'xb' depending on whether the file will be read or written.  The
+        default is the mode of fileobj if discernible; otherwise, the default
+        is 'rb'. A mode of 'r' is equivalent to one of 'rb', and similarly for
+        'w' and 'wb', 'a' and 'ab', and 'x' and 'xb'.
+        """
+
+        if mode and ('t' in mode or 'U' in mode):
+            raise ValueError("Invalid mode: {!r}".format(mode))
+        if mode and 'b' not in mode:
+            mode += 'b'
+        if fileobj is None:
+            fileobj = self.myfileobj = builtins.open(filename, mode or 'rb')
+        if filename is None:
+            filename = getattr(fileobj, 'name', '')
+            if not isinstance(filename, (str, bytes)):
+                filename = ''
+        else:
+            filename = os.fspath(filename)
+        if mode is None:
+            mode = getattr(fileobj, 'mode', 'rb')
+
+        if mode.startswith('r'):
+            self.mode = READ
+            raw = _BrotliReader(fileobj, _BrotliDecompressor)
+            self._buffer = io.BufferedReader(raw)
+            self.name = filename
+
+        elif mode.startswith(('w', 'a', 'x')):
+            self.mode = WRITE
+            self.size = 0
+            self.offset = 0
+            self.name = filename
+            self.compress = brotli.Compressor(
+                quality=quality, lgwin=lgwin, lgblock=lgblock)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid mode: {!r}".format(mode))
+
+        self.fileobj = fileobj
+
+    @property
+    def mtime(self):
+        """Last modification time read from stream, or None"""
+        return self._buffer.raw._last_mtime
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        s = repr(self.fileobj)
+        return '<brotli ' + s[1:-1] + ' ' + hex(id(self)) + '>'
+
+    def write(self, data):
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        if self.mode != WRITE:
+            import errno
+            raise OSError(errno.EBADF, "write() on read-only BrotliFile object")
+
+        if self.fileobj is None:
+            raise ValueError("write() on closed BrotliFile object")
+
+        if isinstance(data, bytes):
+            length = len(data)
+        else:
+            # accept any data that supports the buffer protocol
+            data = memoryview(data)
+            length = data.nbytes
+
+        if length > 0:
+            self.fileobj.write(self.compress.process(data))
+            self.size += length
+            self.offset += length
+
+        return length
+
+    def read(self, size=-1):
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        if self.mode != READ:
+            import errno
+            raise OSError(errno.EBADF, "read() on write-only BrotliFile object")
+        return self._buffer.read(size)
+
+    def read1(self, size=-1):
+        """Implements BufferedIOBase.read1()
+
+        Reads up to a buffer's worth of data if size is negative."""
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        if self.mode != READ:
+            import errno
+            raise OSError(errno.EBADF, "read1() on write-only BrotliFile object")
+
+        if size < 0:
+            size = io.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE
+        return self._buffer.read1(size)
+
+    def peek(self, n):
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        if self.mode != READ:
+            import errno
+            raise OSError(errno.EBADF, "peek() on write-only BrotliFile object")
+        return self._buffer.peek(n)
+
+    @property
+    def closed(self):
+        return self.fileobj is None
+
+    def close(self):
+        fileobj = self.fileobj
+        if fileobj is None:
+            return
+        self.fileobj = None
+        try:
+            if self.mode == WRITE:
+                fileobj.write(self.compress.flush())
+                fileobj.write(self.compress.finish())
+            elif self.mode == READ:
+                self._buffer.close()
+        finally:
+            myfileobj = self.myfileobj
+            if myfileobj:
+                self.myfileobj = None
+                myfileobj.close()
+
+    def flush(self):
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        if self.mode == WRITE:
+            # Ensure the compressor's buffer is flushed
+            self.fileobj.write(self.compress.flush())
+            self.fileobj.flush()
+
+    def fileno(self):
+        """Invoke the underlying file object's fileno() method.
+
+        This will raise AttributeError if the underlying file object
+        doesn't support fileno().
+        """
+        return self.fileobj.fileno()
+
+    def rewind(self):
+        '''Return the uncompressed stream file position indicator to the
+        beginning of the file'''
+        if self.mode != READ:
+            raise OSError("Can't rewind in write mode")
+        self._buffer.seek(0)
+
+    def readable(self):
+        return self.mode == READ
+
+    def writable(self):
+        return self.mode == WRITE
+
+    def seekable(self):
+        return True
+
+    def seek(self, offset, whence=io.SEEK_SET):
+        if self.mode == WRITE:
+            if whence != io.SEEK_SET:
+                if whence == io.SEEK_CUR:
+                    offset = self.offset + offset
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError('Seek from end not supported')
+            if offset < self.offset:
+                raise OSError('Negative seek in write mode')
+            count = offset - self.offset
+            chunk = b'\0' * 1024
+            for i in range(count // 1024):
+                self.write(chunk)
+            self.write(b'\0' * (count % 1024))
+        elif self.mode == READ:
+            self._check_not_closed()
+            return self._buffer.seek(offset, whence)
+
+        return self.offset
+
+    def readline(self, size=-1):
+        self._check_not_closed()
+        return self._buffer.readline(size)
+
+
+class _BrotliDecompressor:
+    eof = False
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.decompressor = brotli.Decompressor()
+        self.needs_input = True
+        self._buffer = bytearray(1)
+        self._bufview = memoryview(self._buffer)
+        self._buflen = len(self._buffer)
+        self._pos = 0
+
+    def _check_buffer(self, new_len):
+        if self._buflen < new_len:
+            new_len = max(self._buflen, new_len)
+            del self._bufview
+            self._buffer.extend(b'\0' * (new_len * 2))
+            self._bufview = memoryview(self._buffer)
+            self._buflen = len(self._buffer)
+
+    def decompress(self, raw, size):
+        if raw:
+            uncompress = self.decompressor.process(raw)
+            new_len = len(uncompress)
+            self.needs_input = False
+        else:
+            uncompress = b''
+            new_len = 0
+
+        if self._pos >= size:
+            r = bytes(self._bufview[:size])
+            pos = self._pos - size
+
+            self._check_buffer(pos + new_len)
+            self._bufview[:pos] = self._bufview[size:self._pos]
+            self._bufview[pos:pos + new_len] = uncompress
+            self._pos = pos + new_len
+        elif self._pos + new_len >= size:
+            used_len = size - self._pos
+            r = bytes(self._bufview[:self._pos]) + uncompress[:used_len]
+
+            rem_len = new_len - used_len
+            self._check_buffer(rem_len)
+            self._bufview[:rem_len] = uncompress[used_len:]
+            self._pos = rem_len
+        else:
+            r = bytes(self._bufview[:self._pos]) + uncompress
+            self._pos = 0
+            self.needs_input = True
+        return r
+
+
+class _BrotliReader(_compression.DecompressReader):
+    def read(self, size=-1):
+        try:
+            return super(_BrotliReader, self).read(size)
+        except EOFError:
+            return b''
diff --git a/python/tests/file_test.py b/python/tests/file_test.py
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+# Copyright 2016 The Brotli Authors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Distributed under MIT license.
+# See file LICENSE for detail or copy at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
+import unittest
+
+from . import _test_utils
+import brotli
+import brotli_file
+
+
+class TestCompress(_test_utils.TestCase):
+
+    VARIANTS = {'quality': (1, 6, 9, 11), 'lgwin': (10, 15, 20, 24)}
+
+    def _check_decompression(self, test_data, **kwargs):
+        kwargs = {}
+        # Write decompression to temp file and verify it matches the original.
+        temp_uncompressed = _test_utils.get_temp_uncompressed_name(test_data)
+        temp_compressed = _test_utils.get_temp_compressed_name(test_data)
+        original = test_data
+        with open(temp_uncompressed, 'wb') as out_file:
+            with open(temp_compressed, 'rb') as in_file:
+                out_file.write(brotli.decompress(in_file.read(), **kwargs))
+        self.assertFilesMatch(temp_uncompressed, original)
+
+    def _compress(self, test_data, **kwargs):
+        temp_compressed = _test_utils.get_temp_compressed_name(test_data)
+        with brotli_file.open(temp_compressed, 'w', **kwargs) as out_file:
+            with open(test_data, 'rb') as in_file:
+                out_file.write(in_file.read())
+
+    def _test_compress(self, test_data, **kwargs):
+        self._compress(test_data, **kwargs)
+        self._check_decompression(test_data, **kwargs)
+
+
+_test_utils.generate_test_methods(TestCompress, variants=TestCompress.VARIANTS)
+
+
+def _get_original_name(test_data):
+    return test_data.split('.compressed')[0]
+
+
+class TestDecompress(_test_utils.TestCase):
+
+    def _check_decompression(self, test_data):
+        # Verify decompression matches the original.
+        temp_uncompressed = _test_utils.get_temp_uncompressed_name(test_data)
+        original = _get_original_name(test_data)
+        self.assertFilesMatch(temp_uncompressed, original)
+
+    def _decompress(self, test_data):
+        temp_uncompressed = _test_utils.get_temp_uncompressed_name(test_data)
+        with open(temp_uncompressed, 'wb') as out_file:
+            with brotli_file.open(test_data) as in_file:
+                out_file.write(in_file.read())
+
+    def _test_decompress(self, test_data):
+        self._decompress(test_data)
+        self._check_decompression(test_data)
+
+
+_test_utils.generate_test_methods(TestDecompress, for_decompression=True)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()