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Compress middleware for Koa
var compress = require('koa-compress')
var Koa = require('koa')
var app = new Koa()
app.use(compress({
filter: function (content_type) {
return /text/i.test(content_type)
},
threshold: 2048,
flush: require('zlib').Z_SYNC_FLUSH
}))
The options are passed to zlib: http://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html#zlib_options
An optional function that checks the response content type to decide whether to compress. By default, it uses compressible.
Minimum response size in bytes to compress.
Default 1024 bytes or 1kb.
You can always enable compression by setting this.compress = true.
You can always disable compression by setting this.compress = false.
This bypasses the filter check.
app.use((ctx, next) => {
ctx.compress = true
ctx.body = fs.createReadStream(file)
})
The 'compression' package is a middleware for Express.js that provides HTTP compression. It supports gzip and deflate algorithms. Compared to koa-compress, it is designed specifically for Express.js and does not support Brotli compression out of the box.
The 'shrink-ray-current' package is a middleware for Node.js that provides HTTP compression using gzip, deflate, and Brotli algorithms. It is similar to koa-compress in terms of supported algorithms but can be used with various frameworks, not just Koa.
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Compress middleware for koa
The npm package koa-compress receives a total of 317,243 weekly downloads. As such, koa-compress popularity was classified as popular.
We found that koa-compress demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 11 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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