Why my favourite API is a zipfile on the European Central Bank's website

Re:Why my favourite API is a zipfile on the European Central... by geysersam on Saturday September 16, 2023 @12:30PM (#37536252)

Do you remember why they decided to zip it instead of just relying on the compression in http?

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Re:Why my favourite API is a zipfile on the European Central... by ric2b on Saturday September 16, 2023 @03:02PM (#37537615)

Does HTTP compression perform well if you're streaming a file? Wouldn't it need to have access to the entire file to have the same result as zipping it?

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Re:Why my favourite API is a zipfile on the European Central... by geysersam on Sunday September 17, 2023 @03:03AM (#37542284)

Yes it performs well. You don't need access to the entire file.

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