2015-05-11 23:05:18 +02:00
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Encoding / Decoding
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2015-07-17 16:18:18 +02:00
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The `HTTP spec`_ defines a ``Content-Encoding`` header, which signifies whether the entity body of an HTTP message is
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"encoded" and, if so, by which algorithm. The only commonly used content encodings are compression algorithms.
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Currently Akka HTTP supports the compression and decompression of HTTP requests and responses with the ``gzip`` or
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``deflate`` encodings.
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The core logic for this lives in the `akka.http.scaladsl.coding`_ package.
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The support is not enabled automatically, but must be explicitly requested.
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For enabling message encoding/decoding with :ref:`Routing DSL <http-high-level-server-side-api>` see the :ref:`CodingDirectives`.
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.. _HTTP spec: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-3.1.2.1
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.. _akka.http.scaladsl.coding: @github@/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/coding
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