Silverlight, GZip and ServiceStack

gistfile1.cs

protected void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (this.Request.Url.AbsolutePath.Contains("/api/"))
    {
        this.Request.Filter = new System.IO.Compression.GZipStream(this.Request.Filter, System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress, true);
        this.Response.Filter = new System.IO.Compression.GZipStream(this.Response.Filter, System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Compress, true);
    }
}

GzipJsonServiceClient.cs

public class GzipJsonServiceClient : JsonServiceClient
{
    public GzipJsonServiceClient(string baseUri) : base(baseUri) { }

    public GzipJsonServiceClient(string syncReplyBaseUri, string asyncOneWayBaseUri) : base(syncReplyBaseUri, asyncOneWayBaseUri) { }
  
    public override void SerializeToStream(IRequestContext requestContext, object request, Stream stream)
    {
        using (var memStream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            base.SerializeToStream(requestContext, request, memStream);
            var zipped = GZipStream.CompressBuffer(memStream.ToArray());
            stream.Write(zipped, 0, zipped.Length);
        }
    }

    public override StreamDeserializerDelegate StreamDeserializer
    {
        get { return UnZipper;}
    }

    private object UnZipper(Type type, Stream fromStream)
    {
        using (var unzipped = new GZipStream(fromStream, CompressionMode.Decompress))
            return base.StreamDeserializer(type, unzipped);
    }
}