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MERN Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   MERN Quick Start Guide Build web applications with MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787281080
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eddy Wilson Iriarte Koroliova Eddy Wilson Iriarte Koroliova
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Table of Contents (8) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to the MERN Stack FREE CHAPTER 2. Building a Web server with ExpressJS 3. Building a RESTful API 4. Real-Time Communication with Socket.IO and ExpressJS 5. Managing State with Redux 6. Building Web Applications with React 7. Other Books You May Enjoy

Compressing HTTP responses

compression is a middleware function that compresses the response body that will be send to the client. This module uses the zlib module https://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html that supports the following content-encoding mechanisms:

  • gzip
  • deflate

The Accept-Encoding HTTP header is used to determine which content-encoding mechanism is supported on the client-side (for example web browser) while the Content-Encoding HTTP header is used to tell the client which content encoding mechanism was applied to the response body.

compression is a configurable middleware function. It accepts an options object as the first argument to define a specific behavior for the middleware and also to pass zlib options as well.

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