Idiomatic golang net/http gzip transparent compression (works with Alice)

gzip.go

package main

import (
	"compress/gzip"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

// Gzip Compression
type gzipResponseWriter struct {
	io.Writer
	http.ResponseWriter
}

func (w gzipResponseWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
	return w.Writer.Write(b)
}

func Gzip(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		if !strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept-Encoding"), "gzip") {
			handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
			return
		}
		w.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
		gz := gzip.NewWriter(w)
		defer gz.Close()
		gzw := gzipResponseWriter{Writer: gz, ResponseWriter: w}
		handler.ServeHTTP(gzw, r)
	})
}

In the case of serving a file, would it be an option to look for an already compressed version of the file?

For max compression:

gzip.NewWriterLevel(w, gzip.BestCompression)

Content negotiation is overrated. Make way for CONTENT DICTATORSHIP!

Pure gold, was just seeking for a solution and found this 😄

Created a package for this: https://github.com/TelephoneTan/GoHTTPGzipServer