POST compression client => server

[Sean Jorden]

We have been compressing POST and GET responses with good results, but I
have not been able to find any information on compressing requests in the
specs.. I suspect this is not possible at this time?

 

[rf]

We have been compressing POST and GET responses with good results, but I
have not been able to find any information on compressing requests in the
specs.. I suspect this is not possible at this time?

Hmmm. An unanswerd question.

Compressing responses?

POST responses? GET responses? These terms are usually used in reference to
forms and usually the other way round, that is requests.

What are you compressing anyway? That's the job of the modem.

What specs?

More info is IMHO required in this case.

Cheers
Richard.

 

[Toby A Inkster]

We have been compressing POST and GET responses with good results, but I
have not been able to find any information on compressing requests in the
specs.. I suspect this is not possible at this time?

You suspect correct.

While theoretically HTTP allows for a Content-Encoding header to be
included in an HTTP request, no browsers as yet support this, nor is there
any way to suggest in HTML that forms should be submitted with a
particular content encoding.

Richard, google: mod_gzip

 

[Sean Jorden]

You suspect correct.

While theoretically HTTP allows for a Content-Encoding header to be
included in an HTTP request, no browsers as yet support this,>

And I think now this will likely never happen because the client has no way
of knowing what encodings the server can accept before it sends the POST
request.