From: Aristarkh A Zagorodnikov <xm@...>
Date: 2001-10-08T22:05:31+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22235] Re: gzip a string

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tobias Reif [mailto:tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 5:02 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: [ruby-talk:22234] Re: gzip a string
>
>
> ts wrote:
>
>
> >    str = Deflate::deflate "hello"
> >    p Inflate::inflate str
>
>
> works, thanks.
>
> Now: how to serve gzipped content?
>
> This runs on my local machine:
> (I hear strange clicks inside the computer)
>
> --
> require 'zlib'
>
> print "Content-type: image/svg+xml\n\n"
>
> open('utf8.svg','r') do |file|
>    @svg = file.read
> end
>
> gz = GzipWriter.new($stdout)
> gz.print @svg
> gz.close
> --
>
>
> Should that work on a server?
Errm ... you'll need a 'Content-Encoding: gzip' (or 'deflate') header I
believe.
Also, in general case ou should check for 'Accept-Encoding' element in
request header.

Aristarkh A Zagorodnikov, Tech Lead @ bolotov.ru group
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