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Aditya
Aditya

Reputation: 11

How to read xml.gz files using javascript ajax request?

I have access to a TV Listing API that serves me the data in the form of a compressed XML.gz file that I want to access using javascript AJAX calls.
Whenever I try making AJAX request to the URL, it prompts me to download the file, rather than giving it's contents.

Is there any solution by which I can access the XML content of the file using javascript alone?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1458

Answers (1)

pankaj28843
pankaj28843

Reputation: 2517

Browsers decompress gzip files "transparently" on fly. You don't need to set any request header manually for this, browser will automatically add the Accept-Encoding header as appropriate.

Important : Web server needs to send appropriate response headers for decompression to work, Content-Encoding:gzip in this case. You can debug Content-Encoding using Firebug.

You can give a try to this -

$.ajax({
  ...
  headers: { "Accept-Encoding" : "gzip" },
  ...
});

Upvotes: 5

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