Does .NET's HttpWebResponse uncompress automatically GZiped and Deflated responses?

Question

I am trying to do a request that accepts a compressed response

var request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(requestUri);
request.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.AcceptEncoding, "gzip,deflate");

I wonder if when I add the second line I will have to handle the decompression manually.

Answer 1

I think you have to decompress the stream yourself. Here's an article on how to do it:

http://www.west-wind.com/WebLog/posts/102969.aspx

Answer 2

GZIP and Deflate responses are not automatically handled. See this article for the details: HttpWebRequest and GZip Http Responses

Answer 3

I found the answer.

You can add the third line below:

var request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(requestUri);
request.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.AcceptEncoding, "gzip,deflate");
request.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate;

And you will have automatic decompression. No need to change the rest of the code.

Answer 4

Jader Dias, you are a god send! request.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip; fixed a problem I have been racking my brain over for the past 12 hours straight!