Compression Options (compression)

Compression Options (compression)

An element configured within the httpEndpoint element so that the associated HTTP channel can consider compressing response bodies based on the client's Accept-Encoding header.

Name Type Default Description

id string A unique configuration ID.

serverPreferredAlgorithm string none The configured compression algorithm is used to compress the body of responses when it is specified with a non-zero quality value in the request's Accept-Encoding header. The valid compression algorithms include: deflate, gzip, x-gzip, zlib, and identity.

types string
This is specified as a child element rather than as an XML attribute (maximum occurrences 5000). text/* To include a content type in addition to the default values, affix the add (+) character as a prefix to that content type. To exclude a content type from compression, affix the remove (-) character as a prefix to that content type.
Note that the wildcard (*) character is supported only as a content subtype, such as text/*.

Name	Type	Default	Description
id	string		A unique configuration ID.
serverPreferredAlgorithm	string	none	The configured compression algorithm is used to compress the body of responses when it is specified with a non-zero quality value in the request's Accept-Encoding header. The valid compression algorithms include: deflate, gzip, x-gzip, zlib, and identity.
types	string This is specified as a child element rather than as an XML attribute (maximum occurrences 5000).	text/*	To include a content type in addition to the default values, affix the add (+) character as a prefix to that content type. To exclude a content type from compression, affix the remove (-) character as a prefix to that content type. Note that the wildcard () character is supported only as a content subtype, such as text/.