Questions tagged [content-encoding]

Use this tag for questions regarding specifying content encoding on HTTP requests.

A concept in HTTP/1.1 content negotiation to indicate encryption or compression of an HTTP response (such as gzip support).

The following headers are typically used to determine the content encoding of a response. However, servers are free to use other aspects they choose.

Accept
Accept-Charset
Accept-Encoding
Accept-Language
User-Agent

Typical values of the Transfer-Encoding header: gzip, compress, deflate, identity, *

An IANA registry maintains a complete list of official content encodings. Non-standard ones can be used, but must be prefixed with the x- prefix.

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How to set content Encoding in HTML file

I want to use GZIP encoding to my site and how should . I set the content encoding of my html file to gzip. T tried like this I am using Apache Tomcat web server.

asked Oct 12 '12 at 15:16

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open media encoding standards

I have to choose methods for digitizing and encoding media for a project which collects media from a variety of sources. What are the open media encoding standards I should consider? What could be the factors which affect my decision on the…

video-encoding content-encoding

asked Jun 18 '09 at 05:08

Uchitha

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How to use gzip encoding in C programming without using zlib library

I would like use gzip encoding in a simple http server built on C. But I don't want to use zlib library. Please suggest how can I do this?

c compression gzip httpserver content-encoding

asked Jan 24 '18 at 01:47

bingzy

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Content encoding error on class inclusion php

Good day to you all, I am here with a question, I cannot seem to have this issue figured out. This is a Content-Encoding problem caused by a class of mine that I include. As soon as I comment the class out, it works like a charm. It is a browser…

php content-encoding

asked Oct 13 '13 at 11:49

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Is it possible to gzip file on server-side and ungzip it in the browser transparently?

My web application sends JSON files to client. These files can be relatively big. Can I compress them on server-side and receive uncompressed on client side transparently? For example, if I write $.getJSON( "ajax/test.json", function( data )…

javascript http gzip content-encoding

asked Mar 29 '17 at 13:56

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