Re: [Beacon] Review of current spec

OK. Dumb question: how do we compress the payload in sendBeacon() (assuming
we know the server can handle it)?


On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Chase Douglas <chase@newrelic.com> wrote:

> I don't think it makes sense to require gzip. The UA can denote whether
> gzip is used by setting the Content-Encoding header. As for whether the UA
> knows if the server accepts gzip encoding or not, I think that's simply
> covered by the fact that the javascript code must already know how to
> encapsulate data that is transmitted to the server. This doesn't seem any
> different from knowing whether to send XML or JSON or plaintext.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Arvind Jain <arvind@google.com> wrote:
>
>> Could we make accepting gzipped body a requirement for a server
>> supporting Beacon?
>>
>> Arvind
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Reitbauer, Alois <
>> Alois.Reitbauer@compuware.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Would make sense. However, the user agent does not know whether the
>>> beacon server accepts gzip encoding.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Alois Reitbauer | Technical Product Manager | Compuware APM
>>>
>>>
>>>  ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Chase Douglas <chase@newrelic.com>
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 13, 2013 5:42 PM
>>> *To:* Reitbauer, Alois
>>> *Cc:* public-web-perf@w3.org
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Beacon] Review of current spec
>>>
>>>  On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Reitbauer, Alois <
>>> Alois.Reitbauer@compuware.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Size Limits:
>>>>
>>>>  We set the size limit to 10k, waiting for feedback whether analytics
>>>> tools need more.
>>>>
>>>
>>>  Is it possible to add an option to have the UA compress the data with
>>> gzip before sending? The UA obviously can receive gzip compressed data, so
>>> why not also optimize message sizes on transmission?
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