This small library exposes two types that know how to encode bytes based on the GZIP and deflate algorithms. The types implement the modifier trait so they can be used in an Iron Response.
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extern crate iron;
extern crate iron_compress;
use iron::prelude::*;
use iron::status;
use iron_compress::GzipWriter;
fn main() {
fn hello_world(_: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
Ok(Response::with((status::Ok, GzipWriter(b"Some compressed response"))))
}
Iron::new(hello_world).http("localhost:3000").unwrap();
}
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