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Re:An Introduction to APIs by hotfix_cowboy on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:32AM (#36938840)
Base64 multiplies the GZIP size by 1.33x (4/3, or a 33.3% increase in size)

SO (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4715415/base64-what-is-t...)

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Re:An Introduction to APIs by tornato7 on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:07AM (#36943752)
That's for Base64-encoded GZIP, not GZIP-encoded Base64 :)
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