HTTP compression action settings

Configure settings for an HTTP request compression action or an HTTP response compression action for a proxy server. Compression actions are set to compress the request message to the server or response message to the client.

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Servers > Server Types > WebSphere proxy servers > proxy_server_name > Proxy actions > action_name.

Name

User-defined symbolic name for an HTTP compression action.

An HTTP compression action name must be unique and cannot contain an invalid character. The name field cannot contain the following characters: # \ / , : ; " * ? < > | = + & % '.

Compression type

For requests, a compression type specifies the compression type standard to apply to the outbound request body sent to the target server. For responses, compression type specifies the compression type standard to apply to the response body sent to the client.

The following standards are supported: Gzip and Deflate. If we specify Any, either standard can be used.

Gzip

Deflate

Any

Content types

Content types for which compression is applied.