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| -rw-r--r-- | django/middleware/gzip.py | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/middleware.txt | 6 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/django/middleware/gzip.py b/django/middleware/gzip.py index a7c74481d0..9b2a5f3d22 100644 --- a/django/middleware/gzip.py +++ b/django/middleware/gzip.py @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ class GZipMiddleware(object): on the Accept-Encoding header. """ def process_response(self, request, response): + if response.status_code != 200 or len(response.content) < 200: + # Not worth compressing really short responses or 304 status + # responses, etc. + return response + patch_vary_headers(response, ('Accept-Encoding',)) # Avoid gzipping if we've already got a content-encoding or if the diff --git a/docs/middleware.txt b/docs/middleware.txt index 533f1ccede..63ba8c6999 100644 --- a/docs/middleware.txt +++ b/docs/middleware.txt @@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware Compresses content for browsers that understand gzip compression (all modern browsers). +It is suggested to place this first in the middleware list, so that the +compression of the response content is the last thing that happens. Will not +compress content bodies less than 200 bytes long, when the response code is +something other than 200, Javascript files (for IE compatibitility), or +responses that have the ``Content-Encoding`` header already specified. + django.middleware.http.ConditionalGetMiddleware ----------------------------------------------- |