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Action Filter for Compression

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This tip will help to create an action filter to compress the contents like Json, partial view, etc.

Introduction

This tip will help to create an action filter to compress the contents like Json, partial view, etc.

Using the Code

Step 1: Create a class which will be derived from ActionFilterAttribute.

Step 2: Overwrite the method OnActionExecuting.

C#
public class CompressAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
   {
       public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
       {
           HttpRequestBase request = filterContext.HttpContext.Request;

           string Encodingtype = request.Headers["Accept-Encoding"];

           if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Encodingtype)) return;

           Encodingtype = Encodingtype.ToUpperInvariant();

           HttpResponseBase responseMessage = filterContext.HttpContext.Response;

           if (Encodingtype.Contains("GZIP"))
           {
               responseMessage.AppendHeader("Content-encoding", "gzip");
               responseMessage.Filter = new GZipStream(responseMessage.Filter, CompressionMode.Compress);
           }
           else if (Encodingtype.Contains("DEFLATE"))
           {
               responseMessage.AppendHeader("Content-encoding", "deflate");
               responseMessage.Filter = new DeflateStream(responseMessage.Filter, CompressionMode.Compress);
           }
       }
   }

Step 3: In this method, check the request header if it contains the gzip or deflate encoding. If yes, then add the response with the compression filter.

Step 4: Use the attribute on top of action of a controller.

C#
[Compress]
      public ActionResult ShowMeritUsageResults(FormCollection model)
      {
// test code....
      }

Points of Interest

Install the fiddler, and see the difference between the size before and after compression. Please find the code here.

History

  • 17th April, 2014: Initial version

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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