How to Enable GZIP compression on Play Framework 1 app on Heroku Cedar?

Asked 28/5, 2012 at 0:3 Answered 6/6, 2012 at 15:2

I'd like to enable GZIP compression for public assets and HTTP responses for performance. My site has a lot of mobile access.

As far as I can tell, there is nothing built into Play Framework to support this, and Heroku doesn't seem to have a solution either.

What is the best way to start getting some compression on my app?

Hageman answered 28/5, 2012 at 0:3 Comment(0)

Impartial answered 28/5, 2012 at 17:20 Comment(3)

Looks good. Any idea how to do it for static files in public directory - like HTML? – Hageman 29/5, 2012 at 5:44

You'd need to wrap the Controller that serves static content. I haven't look into how to do that. Sorry. – Impartial 29/5, 2012 at 13:19

Here's my attempt at minifying and gzipping static resources. Seems to work ok for me: gist.github.com/2882360 – Hageman 17/9, 2012 at 1:17

Ok I've had a go at minifying and gzipping all STATIC resources - nobody seems to have attempted this yet.

Play provides a hook by means of a plugin, but it seems a little hacky as you have to set all the caching headers and stuff.

Seems to work so far though:

Hageman answered 6/6, 2012 at 15:2 Comment(0)

Pacifica answered 28/5, 2012 at 0:18 Comment(0)