# icu_provider_blob [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/icu_provider_blob)](https://crates.io/crates/icu_provider_blob)

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`icu_provider_blob` contains [`BlobDataProvider`], a [`BufferProvider`] implementation that
supports loading data from a single serialized blob.

To build blob data, use the `--format blob2` option of [`icu_datagen`]:

```bash
$ icu4x-datagen --keys all --locales full --format blob2 --out data.postcard
```

You can also use `--format blob` if you need to support ICU4X versions prior to 1.4.

[`ICU4X`]: ../icu/index.html
[`BufferProvider`]: icu_provider::BufferProvider
[`icu_datagen`]: ../icu_datagen/index.html

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## More Information

For more information on development, authorship, contributing etc. please visit [`ICU4X home page`](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu4x).
