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 compressed
Returns the data compressed at gzip level compression.