gzip problem

[gus]

Today the API doesn't seem to be gzipping the JSON responses (except for the Menu), which completely broke my apps.

Possibly I should have had a back-up routine for this eventuality ( I have now! ), but just thought I'd mention it in case it's causing anyone else problems.

[Mr Magoo]

You should definitely have a backup for this behaviour - HTTP servers don't have to compress any response. Clients can only tell the server that they will accept a compressed response, but they can't demand it.

Still, it's a bit strange that Betfair aren't compressing API responses. They compress the web pages, why not the API too? it'd save a lot of bandwidth.

[gus]

The responses usually are zipped, in fact I thought it was a requirement that applications request gzipped responses(in the Header).

It's just since sometime today that they appear not be zipped.

[gus]

Just heard from the BDP Team that the problem should be fixed in the next couple of hours.