Network.http.accept-encoding

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is network.http.accept-encoding.

This article describes the preference network.http.accept-encoding. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
3 First checked in
4 Has an effect in
5 Related bugs
6 Related preferences
7 External links

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Background

HTTP is the application-layer protocol that most web pages are transferred with. As part of the connection between client and server in HTTP 1.1, the client lists in what way it can/prefers to accept information (content negotiation). This preference controls which encoding types the application will report it supports.

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Possible values and their effects

A comma-seperated list of encoding types with optional "q" (quality) values. A quality value says that the application prefers one type over another, but supports both. Quality values can be from 0 (not supported) to 1 (preferred format). If a quality value is omitted, it defaults to 1. Anything not listed is assumed to be not supported. Example: gzip,deflate;q=0.9,compress;q=0 means that gzip is the preferred encoding, deflate is also accepted, but compress is not. (Default: gzip, deflate).

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