package main import ( "compress/gzip" "io" "net/http" "strings" ) type gzipResponseWriter struct { io.Writer http.ResponseWriter } func (w gzipResponseWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) { return w.Writer.Write(b) } func makeGzipHandler(fn http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc { return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { if !strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept-Encoding"), "gzip") { fn(w, r) return } w.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip") gz := gzip.NewWriter(w) defer gz.Close() gzr := gzipResponseWriter{Writer: gz, ResponseWriter: w} fn(gzr, r) } } func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain") w.Write([]byte("This is a test.")) } func main() { http.ListenAndServe(":1113", makeGzipHandler(handler)) }