Send gzip requests with clj-http

Question

How do I send a gzipped request using the dakrone/clj-http client? So far I have:

(http/post <<REDACTED>>
           {:body (->> <<REDACTED>>
                       cheshire.core/generate-string
                       .getBytes
                       clj-http.util/gzip)
            :content-type "application/json"
            :content-encoding "gzip"
            :as :json})

But elasticsearch (the server in my case) is giving 500 errors Illegal character ((CTRL-CHAR, code 31)): only regular white space.

Any ideas?

FWIW your call looks correct according to its [test](https://github.com/dakrone/clj-http/blob/70df5add2a565a87d2ac79b39e90f777999babc0/test/clj_http/test/client_test.clj#L608). Does the request work without gzip? — Taylor Wood, Sep 21 '18 at 14:27
Yep, removing the .getBytes, clj-http.util/gzip and :content-encoding "gzip" gives me a successful request. — bm1729, Sep 21 '18 at 14:36
Have you tried like in the test? Use `clj-http.util/utf8-bytes` to be explicit with the encoding you want or add it to `.getBytes` (but then use `->` instead of `->>`) — cfrick, Sep 24 '18 at 13:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 22 '18 at 08:34

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I guess that you need to enable HTTP compression on the server, e. g. in the Elasticsearch config:

http.compression: true

answered Sep 22 '18 at 08:34

Svante

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I'm able to send gzipped requests with curl. I think the problem is with my use of the library or my gzipping code. – bm1729 Sep 24 '18 at 08:30

Send gzip requests with clj-http

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