Request and response body data my be encoded with gzip
compression in order to accelerate interactive performance
of API calls and responses. This is controlled using the
Accept-Encoding
header on the request
from the client and indicated by the
Content-Encoding
header in the server
response. Unless the header is explicitly set, encoding
defaults to disabled.
Header Type | Name | Value |
HTTP/1.1 Request | Accept-Encoding | gzip |
HTTP/1.1 Response | Content-Encoding | gzip |