[fpc-pascal] From deflate to gzip

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2014, silvioprog wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm using gzip from Apache to compress my static files (like HTML, CSS, JS etc.), and it worked fine
> (http://imagebin.org/303024). But, to compress the CGI content, I'm using deflate:
> 
> var
>   m: TMemoryStream;
> begin
>   if aeDeflate in BrookGetAcceptEncodingSet(ARequest.AcceptEncoding) then
>   begin
>     m := TMemoryStream.Create;
>     try
>       with TCompressionStream.Create(clMax, m, True) do
>       try
>         Write(AResponse.Content[1], Length(AResponse.Content));
>       finally
>         Free;
>       end;
>       m.Seek(0, 0);
>       AResponse.SetCustomHeader(fieldContentEncoding, 'deflate');
>       AResponse.ContentStream := m;
>       AResponse.SendContent;
>     finally
>       m.Free;
>     end;
>   end;
> end;
> 
> Now I need to use gzip instead of deflate, like:
> 
>       AResponse.SetCustomHeader(fieldContentEncoding, 'gzip');
> 
> So, how to use zstream to (or other) to compress my content stream in gzip mode? I need to create a temporary gzip file (using
> TGZFileStream class) and load it after from my stream (m), or I can do it directly in stream?

No, currently you need a file, unless you are willing to duplicate the tgzstream class using an in memory-approach.
(that would be a welcome addition, BTW)

Michael.