On 03/12/2008, Mike Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Subashini S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:26 PM > > To: HttpClient User Discussion > > Subject: unreadable response body > > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to fetch a url similar to the one below: > > http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt- > > 6gDlmA5SF9E/cow_slaughtering_on_eid_ul_zoha/ > > > > > However with httpclient the fetched content seems to be unreadable > > and looks like a binary content. > > > The server is indeed returning binary content; it is gzip > compressing the response body. If you examine the response > headers from the server, you will see a header which announces > this fact: > > Content-Encoding: gzip > > I do not think HttpClient has built-in support for gzip. > You will, I believe, have to handle the decompression yourself. >
There's an example here: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientGZipContentCompression.java > I hope this helps, > > regards, > > > Mike > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
