Compression

To more efficiently utilize network bandwidth, the Edge Data Store (EDS (Edge Data Store)) Sequential Data Store (SDS (Sequential Data Store)) supports compression for reading data and writing data through the REST API (REpresentational State Transfer - Application Programming Interface).

Supported compression schemes

The EDS (Edge Data Store) SDS (Sequential Data Store) supports the following compression schemes:

• gzip

• deflate

Request compression (write data)

Specify the compression scheme in the Content-Encoding HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) header of compressed-content requests. This header provides context to the API (Application Programming Interface) to properly decode the request content.

Response compression (read data)

Request compressed responses from the REST API (REpresentational State Transfer - Application Programming Interface) by specifying one of the supported compression schemes using the Accept-Encoding HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) header. Compressed responses from the REST API (REpresentational State Transfer - Application Programming Interface) include a Content-Encoding HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) header indicating the compression scheme used to compress the response content.

Note: Specifying a compression scheme with the Accept-Encoding HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) header does not guarantee a compressed response. Always refer to presence and value of the Content-Encoding HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) header of the response to properly decode the response content.