.. _-decodeRequest-:

decodeRequest
=============

Signature
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.. includecode2:: /../../akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/CodingDirectives.scala
   :snippet: decodeRequest

Description
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Decompresses the incoming request if it is ``gzip`` or ``deflate`` compressed. Uncompressed requests are passed through untouched. If the request encoded with another encoding the request is rejected with an ``UnsupportedRequestEncodingRejection``.

Example
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.. includecode2:: ../../../../code/docs/http/scaladsl/server/directives/CodingDirectivesExamplesSpec.scala
   :snippet: "decodeRequest"