WebAPI Gzip when returning HttpResponseMessage

Question

I have a WebAPI controller that returns an HttpResponseMessage and I want to add gzip compression. This is the server code:

using System.Net.Http;
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Answer 1

Add these NuGet packages:

Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Extensions.Compression.Server System.Net.Http.Extensions.Compression.Client

Then and add one line of code to App_Start\WebApiConfig.cs:

GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.MessageHandlers.Insert(0, new ServerCompressionHandler(new GZipCompressor(), new DeflateCompressor()));

That will do the trick!

Details at:

• NuGet package page
• GitHub

Hope that helps.

**Updated after comment from @JCisar

Update for ASP.Net Core

Nuget Package is

Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCompression