compress-response

Compressed response example

To try this example, you need GNU make and git in your PATH.

If you don’t have HTTPie installed, use the appropriate cURL commands instead.

Building

To build the example, run the following command:

make

Starting

Release

To start the release in the foreground:

./_rel/compress-response-example/bin/compress-response-example console

Note: The previous command also starts an Erlang console.

LFE

To start the app and an LFE shell:

lfe -pa ebin -pa deps/*/ebin -s compress-response # make dev

Usage

Point your browser at http://localhost:8080.

Example output

Without compression

http -v :8080 Accept-Encoding:

GET / HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding:
Connection: keep-alive
Host: localhost:8080
User-Agent: HTTPie/0.9.2

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
content-length: 909
date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 23:32:24 GMT
server: Cowboy

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America,
traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-
related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose
from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special
significance and legend. A subtype, called a wrangler, specifically tends the
horses used to work cattle. In addition to ranch work, some cowboys work for
or participate in rodeos. Cowgirls, first defined as such in the late 19th
century, had a less-well documented historical role, but in the modern world
have established the ability to work at virtually identical tasks and obtained
considerable respect for their achievements. There are also cattle handlers
in many other parts of the world, particularly South America and Australia,
who perform work similar to the cowboy in their respective nations.

With compression

http -v :8080 # Accept-Encoding:gzip

GET / HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Connection: keep-alive
Host: localhost:8080
User-Agent: HTTPie/0.9.2

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
content-encoding: gzip
content-length: 510
date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 23:33:35 GMT
server: Cowboy

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America,
traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-
related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose
from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special
significance and legend. A subtype, called a wrangler, specifically tends the
horses used to work cattle. In addition to ranch work, some cowboys work for
or participate in rodeos. Cowgirls, first defined as such in the late 19th
century, had a less-well documented historical role, but in the modern world
have established the ability to work at virtually identical tasks and obtained
considerable respect for their achievements. There are also cattle handlers
in many other parts of the world, particularly South America and Australia,
who perform work similar to the cowboy in their respective nations.