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Compression

Even though compression is supported, by default the server will not compress any HTTP response contents. You must specify the compression configuration you want to use, in the configuration file or on the command line.

As of today the server only supports compression with the GZip algorithm, but brotli support is also planned.

The following MIME types are never compressed:

  • application/gzip
  • application/octet-stream
  • application/wasm
  • application/zip
  • image/*
  • video/*

The Configuration File's Compression Section​

As future support for other compression algorithms is planned, the configuration file already supports compression settings.

[compression]
gzip = true

The --gzip flag​

Provide the --gzip argument to the server when executing it.

http-server --gzip