decode_content

Summary

Specify whether or not Content-Encoding responses (gzip,deflate, etc.) are automatically decoded.
Types

  • string
  • bool
Default

true
Constant

GuzzleHttp\RequestOptions::DECODE_CONTENT

This option can be used to control how content-encoded response bodies arehandled. By default, decode_content is set to true, meaning any gzippedor deflated response will be decoded by Guzzle.

When set to false, the body of a response is never decoded, meaning thebytes pass through the handler unchanged.

  1. // Request gzipped data, but do not decode it while downloading
  2. $client->request('GET', '/foo.js', [
  3.     'headers'        => ['Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip'],
  4.     'decode_content' => false
  5. ]);

When set to a string, the bytes of a response are decoded and the string valueprovided to the decode_content option is passed as the Accept-Encodingheader of the request.

  1. // Pass "gzip" as the Accept-Encoding header.
  2. $client->request('GET', '/foo.js', ['decode_content' => 'gzip']);