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Taner_90262
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Dec 29, 2009

Can we uncompress request data?

Hello,     Some http request is compressed. Can we uncompress http_body before deliver to servers?     Is there any iRule about it?     Regards   Taner
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hoolio
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Dec 29, 2009
Hi Taner,

 

 

I don't believe any browser supports sending compressed data in a request. I'm not sure there is a way in HTTP 1.1 for a client to check if a server would support compressed data. Are you testing with a custom client that you control? If so, can you provide a sample request including the headers and payload?

 

 

On a related note, there isn't a way for LTM to decompress response data that is compressed. The best option I've seen for this is to remove the Accept-Encoding request header before sending the request to the pool member. This prevents the server from sending compressed data.

 

 

Aaron