[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #789: Support Accept-Encoding: compress, gzip in the WAPI

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#789: Support Accept-Encoding: compress, gzip in the WAPI
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:
  francois               |     Status:  new
         Type:           |  Milestone:  undecided
  enhancement            |    Version:  1.5.0
     Priority:  minor    |   Keywords:  compression json performance
    Component:  code-    |  bandwidth
  frontend-web           |
   Resolution:           |
Launchpad Bug:           |
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Changes (by davidsarah):

 * keywords:  performance bandwidth => compression json performance
               bandwidth


Old description:

> It will be handy if the WAPI could compress it's JSON output on the fly.
> This is especially useful for a Tahoe client running on a mobile phone.
>
> The following command returns uncompressed plain text.
>
> curl -H "Accept-Encoding: compress, gzip"
> http://testgrid.allmydata.org:3567/uri/URI%3ADIR2%3ABLAH/?t=json

New description:

 It will be handy if the WAPI could compress its JSON output on the fly.
 This is especially useful for a Tahoe client running on a mobile phone.

 The following command returns uncompressed JSON.

 curl -H "Accept-Encoding: compress, gzip"
 http://testgrid.allmydata.org:3567/uri/URI%3ADIR2%3ABLAH/?t=json

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