It is apparently due to a misunderstanding resulting from the choice of the name “Deflate”. The http standard clearly states that “deflate” really means the zlib format: The “zlib” format defined in RFC 1950 [31] in combination with the “deflate” compression mechanism described in RFC 1951 [29]. However early Microsoft servers would incorrectly deliver raw … Read more
Make sure your %WinDir%\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config contains these: <system.webServer> <urlCompression doDynamicCompression=”true” /> <httpCompression> <dynamicTypes> <add mimeType=”application/json” enabled=”true” /> <add mimeType=”application/json; charset=utf-8″ enabled=”true” /> </dynamicTypes> </httpCompression> </system.webServer> From the link of @AtanasKorchev. As @simon_weaver said in the comments, you might be editing the wrong file with a 32 bit editor on a 64 bit Windows, use notepad.exe to … Read more
What about the webrequest AutomaticDecompression Property available since .net 2? Simply add: webRequest.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate; It also adds the gzip,deflate to the accept encoding header. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.automaticdecompression.aspx
GZip is a form of data compression — i.e. it takes a chunk of data and makes it smaller. The original data can be restored by un-zipping the compressed file. It is relevant to web apps and websites because the HTTP protocol includes the ability to gzip data that is being sent. This means that, … Read more
Check out minify – it allows you combine multiple js, css files into one just by stacking them into a url, e.g. <script src=”https://stackoverflow.com/scripts/js/main.js,/scripts/js/adapter/adapter.js”></script> We’ve used it for years and it does a great job and does it on the fly (no need to edit files).