package terminal import ( "compress/gzip" "io" "net/http" "strings" ) type gzipResponseWriter struct { io.Writer http.ResponseWriter } // Use the Writer part of gzipResponseWriter to write the output. func (w gzipResponseWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) { return w.Writer.Write(b) } func makeGzipHandler(handler http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc { return func(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) { // Check if the client can accept the gzip encoding. isGzipEncoding := strings.Contains( req.Header.Get("Accept-Encoding"), "gzip", ) if !isGzipEncoding { // The client cannot accept it, so return the output // uncompressed. handler(resp, req) return } // Set the HTTP header indicating encoding. resp.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip") gzipWriter := gzip.NewWriter(resp) defer gzipWriter.Close() gzipRespWriter := gzipResponseWriter{ Writer: gzipWriter, ResponseWriter: resp, } handler(gzipRespWriter, req) } }