gzip compression with asynchttpserver

[mrhdias]

How to enabling gzip compression with asynchttpserver if is possible?

[dom96]

Not possible at the minute. If you want gzip compression you can use nginx in front of it.

[ringabout]

see the example from
https://github.com/guzba/zippy/blob/master/examples/http_server.nim

import asyncdispatch, asynchttpserver, zippy

let server = newAsyncHttpServer()

proc cb(req: Request) {.async.} =
  if req.headers["Accept-Encoding"].contains("gzip"):
    # This client supports gzip, send compressed response
    let headers = newHttpHeaders([("Content-Encoding", "gzip")])
    await req.respond(
      Http200,
      compress("gzip'ed response body", BestSpeed, dfGzip),
      headers
    )
  else:
    await req.respond(Http200, "uncompressed response body")

waitFor server.serve(Port(8080), cb)