NAME Mojolicious::Plugin::Gzip - Plugin to Gzip Mojolicious responses STATUS SYNOPSIS # Mojolicious::Lite plugin 'Gzip'; # With minimum size in bytes required before gzipping. Default is 860. plugin Gzip => {min_size => 1500}; # Mojolicious $app->plugin('Gzip'); # With minimum size in bytes required before gzipping. Default is 860. $app->plugin(Gzip => {min_size => 1500}); WARNING This module can be inefficient for large static files. It loads the entire file into memory and then gzips it, resulting in both the original file and the gzipped one in memory at once. By default, Mojolicious serves static files from disk, which is much more memory efficient. For static files, you may want to compress them ahead of time or use something like a reverse proxy with Nginx to serve your static files or a service like Cloudlfare , which will compress files for you. For gzipping dynamic content, you should consider using "compress" in Mojolicious::Renderer instead. DESCRIPTION Mojolicious::Plugin::Gzip gzips all responses equal to or greater than a "min_size" by using the "after_dispatch" in Mojolicious hook. Mojolicious::Plugin::Gzip will only gzip a response if all of these conditions are met: * The "accept_encoding" in Mojo::Headers header contains 'gzip'. * The "body_size" in Mojo::Content of the response is greater than or equal to "min_size". * The "code" in Mojo::Message::Response is 200. * The "content_encoding" in Mojo::Headers for the response is not set. Mojolicious::Plugin::Gzip will do these things if those conditions are met: * Set "body" in Mojo::Message to the gzipped version of the previous "body" in Mojo::Message. * Set "body_size" in Mojo::Message to the size of the gzipped content. * Set "content_encoding" in Mojo::Headers to "gzip". * If "etag" in Mojo::Headers was set, append "-gzip" to the existing "etag" in Mojo::Headers. This is done according to RFC-7232 , which states that ETags should be content-coding aware. * Use "append" in Mojo::Headers to append "Accept-Encoding" to the "vary" in Mojo::Headers header. OPTIONS min_size # Mojolicious::Lite plugin 'Gzip' => {min_size => 1500}; # Mojolicious $app->plugin(Gzip => {min_size => 1500}); Sets the minimum "body_size" in Mojo::Content required before response content will be gzipped. If the "body_size" in Mojo::Content is greater than or equal to "min_size", then it will be gzipped. Default is 860. AUTHOR Adam Hopkins COPYRIGHT Copyright 2019- Adam Hopkins LICENSE This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. SEE ALSO * MojoX::Encode::Gzip * Mojolicious * https://mojolicious.org