package gzip import ( "bytes" "compress/gzip" "fmt" "io" "io/ioutil" "strconv" "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/request" ) // NewGzipRequestHandler provides a named request handler that compresses the // request payload. Add this to enable GZIP compression for a client. // // Known to work with Amazon CloudWatch's PutMetricData operation. // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_PutMetricData.html func NewGzipRequestHandler() request.NamedHandler { return request.NamedHandler{ Name: "GzipRequestHandler", Fn: gzipRequestHandler, } } func gzipRequestHandler(req *request.Request) { compressedBytes, err := compress(req.Body) if err != nil { req.Error = fmt.Errorf("failed to compress request payload, %v", err) return } req.HTTPRequest.Header.Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip") req.HTTPRequest.Header.Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(compressedBytes))) req.SetBufferBody(compressedBytes) } func compress(input io.Reader) ([]byte, error) { var b bytes.Buffer w, err := gzip.NewWriterLevel(&b, gzip.BestCompression) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create gzip writer, %v", err) } inBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(input) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed read payload to compress, %v", err) } if _, err = w.Write(inBytes); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to write payload to be compressed, %v", err) } if err = w.Close(); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to flush payload being compressed, %v", err) } return b.Bytes(), nil }