Enable HTTP compression for REST client only

[jdussouillez]

I have a REST API that acts like a middleware between clients and another "external" REST API.

To send requests to the external API, I use a REST client. I want to enable HTTP compression in the REST client, but not in my REST API. Mostly because I have a nginx in front of my REST API that handles compression so it's handled outside of the Quarkus app.

Is this possible?

From what I saw in the documentation, to enable HTTP compression in REST client, I have to use quarkus.http.enable-compression=true.

https://quarkus.io/guides/rest-client#receiving-compressed-messages

REST Client also supports receiving compressed messages using GZIP. You can enable the HTTP compression support by adding the property quarkus.http.enable-compression=true.

But this option will also enable global HTTP compression for my API: https://quarkus.io/guides/http-reference#http-compression

I might find some way to make what I want, but I'm wondering if there is a way to easily enable compression only for REST client.

[quarkus-bot[bot]]

/cc @cescoffier (rest-client), @geoand (rest-client)

[geoand]

Your assessment is correct, but should absolutely provide more fine grained control over the setting.

I am going to convert the discussion to an issue so we can address it.

[jdussouillez]

Done in #46415 (available since Quarkus 3.21)