Upload GZipped String to S3 - Fire and Forget

gzip.cs

AmazonS3Client client = new AmazonS3Client(RegionEndpoint.USWest2);

MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream();
using (GZipStream gz = new GZipStream(mem, CompressionLevel.Optimal, true))
{
    var b = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json);
    gz.Write(b, 0, b.Length);
    gz.Flush();
}

var request = new Amazon.S3.Model.PutObjectRequest()
{
    BucketName = "mybucket",
    CannedACL = S3CannedACL.Private,
    ContentType = "application/json",
    InputStream = mem,
    Key = "dir/filename.json.gz",
};

request.Headers["Content-Encoding"] = "gzip";

var ignore = client.PutObjectAsync(request)
    .ContinueWith(c =>
    {
        //TODO: handle upload error
        client.Dispose();
    })