compress¶

Enables GZIP compression of each HTTP payload sent by omhttp.

This parameter applies to omhttp: HTTP Output Module.

Name:: compress
Scope:: input
Type:: boolean
Default:: input=off
Required?:: no
Introduced:: Not specified

Description¶

When switched to on each message will be compressed as GZIP using zlib’s deflate compression algorithm.

A Content-Encoding: gzip HTTP header is added to each request when this feature is used. Set the compress.level for fine-grained control.

Input usage¶

module(load="omhttp")

action(
    type="omhttp"
    compress="on"
    compressLevel="6"
)

See also¶

See also omhttp: HTTP Output Module.

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