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+
Node.js compression middleware.
@@ -50,13 +52,16 @@ passed in to the options object or
##### chunkSize
-The default value is `zlib.Z_DEFAULT_CHUNK`, or `16384`.
+Type: `Number`
+Default: `zlib.constants.Z_DEFAULT_CHUNK`, or `16384`.
See [Node.js documentation](http://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html#zlib_memory_usage_tuning)
regarding the usage.
##### filter
+Type: `Function`
+
A function to decide if the response should be considered for compression.
This function is called as `filter(req, res)` and is expected to return
`true` to consider the response for compression, or `false` to not compress
@@ -67,6 +72,9 @@ module to determine if `res.getHeader('Content-Type')` is compressible.
##### level
+Type: `Number`
+Default: `zlib.constants.Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION`, or `-1`
+
The level of zlib compression to apply to responses. A higher level will result
in better compression, but will take longer to complete. A lower level will
result in less compression, but will be much faster.
@@ -76,64 +84,71 @@ compression). The special value `-1` can be used to mean the "default
compression level", which is a default compromise between speed and
compression (currently equivalent to level 6).
- - `-1` Default compression level (also `zlib.Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION`).
- - `0` No compression (also `zlib.Z_NO_COMPRESSION`).
- - `1` Fastest compression (also `zlib.Z_BEST_SPEED`).
+ - `-1` Default compression level (also `zlib.constants.Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION`).
+ - `0` No compression (also `zlib.constants.Z_NO_COMPRESSION`).
+ - `1` Fastest compression (also `zlib.constants.Z_BEST_SPEED`).
- `2`
- `3`
- `4`
- `5`
- - `6` (currently what `zlib.Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION` points to).
+ - `6` (currently what `zlib.constants.Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION` points to).
- `7`
- `8`
- - `9` Best compression (also `zlib.Z_BEST_COMPRESSION`).
-
-The default value is `zlib.Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION`, or `-1`.
+ - `9` Best compression (also `zlib.constants.Z_BEST_COMPRESSION`).
**Note** in the list above, `zlib` is from `zlib = require('zlib')`.
##### memLevel
+Type: `Number`
+Default: `zlib.constants.Z_DEFAULT_MEMLEVEL`, or `8`
+
This specifies how much memory should be allocated for the internal compression
state and is an integer in the range of `1` (minimum level) and `9` (maximum
level).
-The default value is `zlib.Z_DEFAULT_MEMLEVEL`, or `8`.
-
See [Node.js documentation](http://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html#zlib_memory_usage_tuning)
regarding the usage.
##### brotli
+Type: `Object`
+
This specifies the options for configuring Brotli. See [Node.js documentation](https://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html#class-brotlioptions) for a complete list of available options.
##### strategy
+Type: `Number`
+Default: `zlib.constants.Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY`
+
This is used to tune the compression algorithm. This value only affects the
compression ratio, not the correctness of the compressed output, even if it
is not set appropriately.
- - `zlib.Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY` Use for normal data.
- - `zlib.Z_FILTERED` Use for data produced by a filter (or predictor).
+ - `zlib.constants.Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY` Use for normal data.
+ - `zlib.constants.Z_FILTERED` Use for data produced by a filter (or predictor).
Filtered data consists mostly of small values with a somewhat random
distribution. In this case, the compression algorithm is tuned to
compress them better. The effect is to force more Huffman coding and less
- string matching; it is somewhat intermediate between `zlib.Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY`
- and `zlib.Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY`.
- - `zlib.Z_FIXED` Use to prevent the use of dynamic Huffman codes, allowing
+ string matching; it is somewhat intermediate between `zlib.constants.Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY`
+ and `zlib.constants.Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY`.
+ - `zlib.constants.Z_FIXED` Use to prevent the use of dynamic Huffman codes, allowing
for a simpler decoder for special applications.
- - `zlib.Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY` Use to force Huffman encoding only (no string match).
- - `zlib.Z_RLE` Use to limit match distances to one (run-length encoding).
- This is designed to be almost as fast as `zlib.Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY`, but give
+ - `zlib.constants.Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY` Use to force Huffman encoding only (no string match).
+ - `zlib.constants.Z_RLE` Use to limit match distances to one (run-length encoding).
+ This is designed to be almost as fast as `zlib.constants.Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY`, but give
better compression for PNG image data.
**Note** in the list above, `zlib` is from `zlib = require('zlib')`.
##### threshold
+Type: `Number` or `String`
+Default: `1kb`
+
The byte threshold for the response body size before compression is considered
-for the response, defaults to `1kb`. This is a number of bytes or any string
+for the response. This is a number of bytes or any string
accepted by the [bytes](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bytes) module.
**Note** this is only an advisory setting; if the response size cannot be determined
@@ -143,16 +158,18 @@ set a `Content-Length` response header.
##### windowBits
-The default value is `zlib.Z_DEFAULT_WINDOWBITS`, or `15`.
+Type: `Number`
+Default: `zlib.constants.Z_DEFAULT_WINDOWBITS`, or `15`
See [Node.js documentation](http://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html#zlib_memory_usage_tuning)
regarding the usage.
##### enforceEncoding
-This is the default encoding to use when the client does not specify an encoding in the request's [Accept-Encoding](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Encoding) header.
+Type: `String`
+Default: `identity`
-The default value is `identity`.
+This is the default encoding to use when the client does not specify an encoding in the request's [Accept-Encoding](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Encoding) header.
#### .filter
@@ -164,6 +181,7 @@ var compression = require('compression')
var express = require('express')
var app = express()
+
app.use(compression({ filter: shouldCompress }))
function shouldCompress (req, res) {
@@ -184,9 +202,9 @@ response to be flushed to the client.
## Examples
-### express/connect
+### express
-When using this module with express or connect, simply `app.use` the module as
+When using this module with express, simply `app.use` the module as
high as you like. Requests that pass through the middleware will be compressed.
```js
@@ -201,6 +219,36 @@ app.use(compression())
// add all routes
```
+### Node.js HTTP server
+
+```js
+var compression = require('compression')({ threshold: 0 })
+var http = require('http')
+
+function createServer (fn) {
+ return http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+ compression(req, res, function (err) {
+ if (err) {
+ res.statusCode = err.status || 500
+ res.end(err.message)
+ return
+ }
+
+ fn(req, res)
+ })
+ })
+}
+
+var server = createServer(function (req, res) {
+ res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+ res.end('hello world!')
+})
+
+server.listen(3000, () => {
+ console.log('> Listening at http://localhost:3000')
+})
+```
+
### Server-Sent Events
Because of the nature of compression this module does not work out of the box
@@ -239,15 +287,25 @@ app.get('/events', function (req, res) {
})
```
+## Contributing
+
+The Express.js project welcomes all constructive contributions. Contributions take many forms,
+from code for bug fixes and enhancements, to additions and fixes to documentation, additional
+tests, triaging incoming pull requests and issues, and more!
+
+See the [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/master/Contributing.md) for more technical details on contributing.
+
## License
[MIT](LICENSE)
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