HTTP client: Support compression (Content-Encoding: gzip)

[clue]

This library should support requesting compressed responses and automatically decompress using the Accept-Encoding request header and Content-Encoding response header.

This should be an opt-in feature.

Implementing this for buffered requests shouldn't be too hard. This should make sure to also respect the withResponseBuffer() setting.

Implementing this for streaming requests is doable, see also https://github.com/clue/reactphp-zlib.

We welcome contributions, reach out if you want to support this project 👍

[maxgalbu]

For buffered responses, it's as easy as doing gzdecode/gzdeflate(), or does it need async solutions?

[WyriHaximus]

IIRC you can decode streams in chunks, and either me or @clue might have the package for it lying around AFAIK

[maxgalbu]

How will this library change with reactphp v3? Will changes to this library still be accepted?

[SimonFrings]

How will this library change with reactphp v3

@maxgalbu You can read about our rough plans for each project and ReactPHP in whole in our discussion: https://github.com/orgs/reactphp/discussions/481
We will also release a more detailed roadmap for each repository in the next couple of weeks, to show the upcoming features and necessary steps towards the new major release, stay tuned.

Will changes to this library still be accepted?

While ReactPHP v3 will be the way forward, we are also committed to continue supporting the current v1 for a certain amount of time, if you have any ideas or want to contribute to the project, we're happy to take a look. In short: Yes, changes will be accepted 👍