File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoleted by:

RFC 9110

Author:

J. Reschke

Stream:

IETF

Source:

httpbis (wit)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7694

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Abstract

In HTTP, content codings allow for payload encodings such as for compression or integrity checks. In particular, the "gzip" content coding is widely used for payload data sent in response messages.

Content codings can be used in request messages as well; however, discoverability is not on par with response messages. This document extends the HTTP "Accept-Encoding" header field for use in responses, to indicate the content codings that are supported in requests.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.