How can I verify that web pages are being gzipped?

BestPractices picture BestPractices · Mar 11, 2010 · Viewed 7.3k times · Source

I plan to configure weblogic's gzip servlet filter (using weblogicx-gzip.jar) to gzip my web pages.

How can I verify that the pages are being sent to the client gzipped?

Answer

Ztyx picture Ztyx · Mar 11, 2010
  1. Install FireBug for Firefox.
  2. Enable FireBug.
  3. Enable the Net tab.
  4. Load your webpage.
  5. Expand the line that contains your webpage.
  6. If Content-Encoding is gzip you received the page in GZip format.