# Http.compression **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 19, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-compression/12859 "2013-07-19T12:14:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chetana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Chetana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chetana)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-compression/12859/1 "2013-07-19T12:14:29Z")
After setting http.compression = true, will the compression be applied to both incoming http request and outgoing http response? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![vineeth\_mohan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@vineeth\_mohan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-compression/12859/2 "2013-07-19T12:28:17Z")
set http.compression: true, and include this header in your request: Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate Thanks Vineeth On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Chetana [ambha.career@gmail.com](mailto:ambha.career@gmail.com) wrote: > After setting http.compression = true, will the compression be applied to > both incoming http request and outgoing http response? > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-compression/12859/3 "2017-07-06T02:25:29Z")