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Version: 3.2

gzip

Description#

The gzip Plugin dynamically sets the behavior of gzip in Nginx.

IMPORTANT

This Plugin requires APISIX to run on APISIX-Base.

Attributes#

NameTypeRequiredDefaultValid valuesDescription
typesarray[string] or "*"False["text/html"]Dynamically sets the gzip_types directive. Special value "*" matches any MIME type.
min_lengthintegerFalse20>= 1Dynamically sets the gzip_min_length directive.
comp_levelintegerFalse1[1, 9]Dynamically sets the gzip_comp_level directive.
http_versionnumberFalse1.11.1, 1.0Dynamically sets the gzip_http_version directive.
buffers.numberintegerFalse32>= 1Dynamically sets the gzip_buffers directive.
buffers.sizeintegerFalse4096>= 1Dynamically sets the gzip_buffers directive.
varybooleanFalsefalseDynamically sets the gzip_vary directive.

Enabling the Plugin#

The example below enables the gzip Plugin on the specified Route:

curl -i http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes/1  -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
"uri": "/index.html",
"plugins": {
"gzip": {
"buffers": {
"number": 8
}
}
},
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"127.0.0.1:1980": 1
}
}
}'

Example usage#

Once you have configured the Plugin as shown above, you can make a request as shown below:

curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/index.html -i -H "Accept-Encoding: gzip"
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 03:52:55 GMT
Server: APISIX/2.7
Content-Encoding: gzip

Warning: Binary output can mess up your terminal. Use "--output -" to tell
Warning: curl to output it to your terminal anyway, or consider "--output
Warning: <FILE>" to save to a file.

Disable Plugin#

To disable the gzip Plugin, you can delete the corresponding JSON configuration from the Plugin configuration. APISIX will automatically reload and you do not have to restart for this to take effect.

curl http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes/1  -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
"uri": "/index.html",
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"127.0.0.1:1980": 1
}
}
}'