Sample python gzip http post

gistfile1.txt

from io import BytesIO
import gzip
import requests

def zip_payload(payload: str) -> bytes:
    btsio = BytesIO()
    g = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=btsio, mode='w')
    g.write(bytes(payload, 'utf8'))
    g.close()
    return btsio.getvalue()

headers = {
    'Content-Encoding': 'gzip'
}
payload = '{"mydummy": "json"}'
zipped_payload = zip_payload(payload)
requests.post("http://localhost:8041", zipped_payload, headers=headers)